Leader of the German Green Party Cem Ozdemir and leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Angela Merkel accompanied by the politicians of their parties are seen on the balcony of German Parliamentary Society offices prior to the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government held by CDU/CSU in Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office in the German national election on Sept. 24, but a fractured vote that brings the far-right into parliament means she must try to work out a three-way coalition untested at federal level.
The new alliance would comprise Merkel's conservative bloc - her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) - along with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and environmentalist Greens.
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