Angela Merkel coalition deal maintains hardline on euro
The agreement, spelled out in minute detail in a 185-page policy document entitled Shaping Germany’s Future, was struck two months after Merkel emerged victorious from an election but fell just short of a parliamentary majority.
The result forced Merkel into negotiations with her arch-rivals, with whom she ruled in an awkward “grand coalition” during her first term from 2005-2009.
