German lawmakers voted on Wednesday March 14,2018 to re-elect Angela Merkel as
chancellor for a fourth, and likely final, term that may prove her most
challenging yet as she leads a fragile coalition with her standing
diminished.
"I accept the vote," Merkel told the Bundestag lower house of Parliament after the vote.
Lawmakers voted 364-315 on Wednesday to re-elect Merkel, who ran unopposed. There were nine abstentions.
Angela Merkel on Wednesday took the oath of office in parliament for the fourth time
The coalition of Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, its Bavaria-only sister party, the Christian Social Union and the center-left Social Democrats have 399 seats.
The same parties have governed for the past four years but putting together the new coalition has been hard work.
Wednesday's parliamentary vote comes 171 days, nearly double the previous record, after September 2017's election, in which they all lost significant ground.
The Social Democrats initially planned to go into opposition.
"I accept the vote," Merkel told the Bundestag lower house of Parliament after the vote.
Lawmakers voted 364-315 on Wednesday to re-elect Merkel, who ran unopposed. There were nine abstentions.
Angela Merkel on Wednesday took the oath of office in parliament for the fourth time
The coalition of Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, its Bavaria-only sister party, the Christian Social Union and the center-left Social Democrats have 399 seats.
The same parties have governed for the past four years but putting together the new coalition has been hard work.
Wednesday's parliamentary vote comes 171 days, nearly double the previous record, after September 2017's election, in which they all lost significant ground.
The Social Democrats initially planned to go into opposition.
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