Irish Independent logo Irish Independent 1 month ago

Poll victory frees Merkel from an uneasy coalition

ANGELA Merkel scored a resounding victory yesterday in German elections that will enable her to leave her coalition partners behind after they suffered their worst parliamentary result since the Second World War. Full Article at Irish Independent

Related Topics:

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Guido Westerwelle
  3. Social Democratic Party

Related Articles

  1. The New York Times logo
    Politicus: What Will Change in Germany?
    1 month ago

    In the final hours of her campaign for re-election, Chancellor Angela Merkel proclaimed that anchoring worldwide the principles of the German economic and social model would be a main task of a new government in Berlin. Full Article at The New York Times

  2. Houston Chronicle logo
    Merkel vows quick deal on German coalition
    1 month ago

    BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to have a new center-right government in place by the time Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9. Full Article at Houston Chronicle

  3. CNN logo
    Merkel eyes new coalition after victory
    1 month ago

    (CNN) -- Angela Merkel swept back into office on Sunday in the German elections after defeating her foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier from the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Full Article at CNN

  4. The Telegraph logo
    Angela Merkel claims victory in German election
    1 month ago

    Polls show a wide margin of victory for Mrs Merkel Photo: AP Mrs Merkel was seeking to end her uneasy four-year-old "grand coalition" with the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) of challenger Frank-Walter Steinmeier and form a government with the... Full Article at The Telegraph

Related Quotes

  1. We need to deal in a new way with the problem of long-term unemployment and the fact that people need to have more money in their pockets ... It was a tough choice but something has to happen.
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  2. We have managed to achieve our election aim of a stable majority in Germany for a new government
    Angela Merkel – Angela Merkel SOURCE: TheNewsTribune.com 1 month ago
  3. We can really celebrate tonight ... but afterwards we have a hard job ahead of us.
    Angela Merkel – Angela Merkel SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago
  4. Coalition talks should start as soon as possible...and it is our goal to have a coalition deal in a month at the latest
    SOURCE: Channel 4 1 month ago
View all Related Quotes »
(What's this?)
  1. Are you a Publisher?

    We built Daylife.com using our SmartMedia Services platform, which can give you thousands of content-rich, advertiser-friendly pages (like this one) on any topic and with full editorial control. Learn More »

    Our Customers
    prev
    next
  2. Our Products
    Daylife Select

    A point & click tool to create dynamic content portals. Learn More »

  3. Daylife API

    Unlimited smart, customizable content to suit any publisher. Learn More »

  4. Enterprise API

    Use the Daylife Platform to distribute content across your sites. Learn More »

  5. SmartContext

    Weave the web's best content into your own. Learn More »

Browse More Photos

Daylife is the web's largest archive of news photos

  1. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels Novem...
  2. MESEBERG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 18: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Foreign Minister and vice-chancellor Guido Westerwelle speak to the media after a closed-door cabinet meeting on the second day on November 18, 2009 in Meseber, Germany.
  3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses next to a photograph featuring East Germans crossing the Boesebruecke as she crosses that same bridge during a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall in Berlin November 9, 2009.
  4. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) greets U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Chancellery on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  5. (From L) Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger, Friede Springer of German publishing giant Axel Springer, former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski former and German foreign minister Hans-Di...
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 3: Protesters wearing masks of world leaders, Barack Obama, President of the United States, British prime minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose in front of the Houses of Parliament on November 3, 2009 in London...
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 3: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) talk before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  8. US President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 3, 2009.
  9. BERLIN - OCTOBER 31: Former US president George H. W. Bush (R) shakes hands with former soviet president Mikhail Gorbatchev as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bush's wife Barbara Bush (R) look on at an event at Friedrichstadtpalast on October 31, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

Cast of Characters

  1. Angela Merkel Angela Merkel
  2. Guido Westerwelle
  3. Social Democratic Party
  4. Facebook Inc. Facebook Inc.
  5. U.S. Democratic Party U.S. Democratic Party
  6. Council on Foreign Relations Council on Foreign Relations