It took barely 12 hours for a collective sigh of relief to turn into a
collective intake of breath; less than a day for smiles of European
satisfaction to be transformed into frowns of European concern.
At 10.30am on Sunday in Berlin, Germany’s centre-left SPD announced
that on a turnout of 72%, more than two in three of its members had
voted to approve a fresh GroKo, or grand coalition, with the
centre-right CDU and its Bavarian CSU sister party. Their decision ended
five months of political uncertainty in Berlin, clearing the way for
chancellor Angela Merkel to form her fourth government and move forward
on a range of fronts – including ambitious plans for EU and eurozone
reform pushed by France’s pro-European president, Emmanuel Macron.
Source: Theguardian
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