Germany has voted. [View all]
Source: The Guardian, because it is in English
Bucking the trend
Ian Traynor, our Europe editor, offers the following view of Merkel's win:
More than three years into the European Union’s worst ever nightmare, Merkel, uniquely in the Eurozone, has been hugely rewarded for her handling of the currency and sovereign debt crisis. Everywhere else voters have punished governments.
Her victory demonstrates the gulf between Germany and the rest of the EU and the Eurozone, although it is not clear what impact her third term will have on the direction of the crisis.
Her victory, with an increased share of the vote for her Christian democrats than in 2009 no less, will vindicate her confidence in the way she has dealt with the euro challenge. She will be encouraged to carry on as before, not least since she is confident that the heat is going out of the crisis and that her emphasis on savings, cuts, and structural reforms in the stricken eurozone economies is beginning to pay off.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/22/germany-election-results-merkel-live-updates
Merkel is obviously stronger than ever. A landslide.
But be careful, different sources on TV and elsewhere show smaller gains for the conservatives.
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