Merkel Set for 4th Term After Social Democrats OK Coalition

Germany's Social Democratic Party said Sunday its members have voted in favor of joining a coalition with Angela Merkel's conservative bloc, clearing the last major hurdle to the formation of a new government and a fourth term for the veteran German chancellor. The decision ends almost six months of uncertainty in German politics, the longest the country has been without a government in its post-war history. The center-left Social Democrats had furiously debated whether to...

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