Germany’s parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe’s biggest economic power on Tuesday – nearly three months after an awkward election result forced her to put together a new governing coalition.<br />Merkel now heads a “grand coalition” of Germany’s biggest parties – her conservative Union bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats, which are traditional rivals.<br />Parliament’s lower house elected her as chancellor by 462 votes to 150, with nine abstentions.<br />After the results were announced on Tuesday, Members of Parliament flocked around Merkel to give her flowers.<br />No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | http://www.euronews.net/nocomment/
