BERLIN — Angela Merkel welcomes the decision by members of Germany’s Social Democratic Party to support a coalition government with the long-time chancellor.
Her party quotes Merkel on Twitter Sunday, saying “I congratulate the SPD on this clear result and look forward to continuing to work together for the good of our country.”
German Chancellor and party chairwoman Angela Merkel smiles at the party convention of the Christian Democratic Union in Berlin on February 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
The general-secretary of Merkel’s party and her possible future successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, says in statement Sunday that “the new government has a lot of work ahead of it that needs to be started soon.”
The Social Democrats’ membership ballot backed a coalition deal with Merkel’s Union bloc by a two-thirds majority.
Merkel had to rely on her center-left rivals’ support after failing to clinch a coalition agreement with two smaller parties last year.
Parliament is expected to elect her to a fourth term as chancellor this week.
— AP
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