News Analysis - Victory Brings Risk of Conflict With Merkel’s Allies - NYTimes.com
News Analysis - Victory Brings Risk of Conflict With Merkel’s Allies - NYTimes.com: "BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel is returning to office, and this time almost certainly with her preferred coalition partner, the pro-business Free Democrats. But Mrs. Merkel’s victory could nonetheless leave her political standing weaker in the long run because her party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, had its worst results in 60 years."
