German coalition shaken again as Stoiber pulls out

THE future of Germany’s left-right coalition was thrown into deeper confusion last night after a senior conservative quit the planned government following an internal crisis in the Social Democrats.

German coalition shaken again as Stoiber pulls out

Edmund Stoiber, who was set to become Germany’s economy minister, announced that he would not participate in the incoming government.

Mr Stoiber, head of the Christian Social Union, told reporters that his party would nevertheless continue to support Angela Merkel’s proposed left-right coalition with the Social Democrats.

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