Merkel Wins Personal Victory But Loses Ally
Conservatives are within reach of an absolute majority, but their liberal friends are crushed.
German Election 2013
Federal elections were held in Germany on September 22. The Atlantic Sentinel endorsed incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, whose Christian Democratic Union won 311 out of 631 seats in the Bundestag. The Social Democrats also gained, at the expense of the far left and Greens. The liberal Free Democrats failed to meet the 5 percent electoral threshold.
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