The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to hold talks on forming a centre right coalition after her sweeping win in Sunday's general elections. Mrs. Merkel said the priority of her second term in office will be to return prosperity to Europe's largest economy. She said a coalition between the Free Democrattic Party (FDP)and her centre-right Christian Social Union(CSU) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) which should be formed within a month, offered the best chance for recovery.<br/> Mrs. Merkel described the election as a great trial. In her victory speech, Mrs Merkel said she wanted to be a chancellor of all Germans at a moment of crisis and that protecting and creating jobs would be her highest aim.
News On AIR | September 28, 2009 5:45 PM
Merkel to form centre-right coalition in Germany