Considered the most powerful woman in the world, Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday, three months after the victory of his party in parliamentary elections. This is his third consecutive term.
Merkel received the nomination of the Parliament (Bundestag) by 462 votes in favor, 150 against and nine abstentions. She joins Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl, both Christian Democrats like her, in the list of chancellors were elected to three terms.
For the majority rule, she had set up a "grand coalition" with the elected representatives of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She sold them among other ministries of Finance, Defense and Interior.
In all, it took nearly three months to build the new German government, led by his conservative training, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Nicknamed the "Iron Lady of German," Merkel had also led coalitions during his first two terms, initiated in 2005 and 2009.
Wednesday, Chancellor perform in France the first foreign visit of the new mandate. It will be received by the French President, Francois Holland, on the eve of an EU summit to be held in Brussels. read more news at latest online news
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