German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a budget debate at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's face-saving deal with her conservative allies in Bavaria shows how indispensable the chancellor is to her party - even if she is weakened.
Merkel has not resolved the underlying tensions in her coalition. But a dearth of credible challengers to lead her Christian Democrats (CDU) and a general fear among many Germans of the far-right keep her hanging on, possibly even to the next election in 2021.
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