Germany - Is Merkel's Government About to Crumble? Merkel facing her own "Waterloo" at an event
coming up June 30; a failure to have her selection for president voted into the job could doom her
government; Germany's largely ceremonial position of president is filled by vote of the Federal Assembly, a
body made up of federal lawmakers and regional delegates. Merkel's coalition holds a majority, but it is slim.
Just two dozen renegades among the 1,244-member assembly could spell doom for her handpicked
candidate, Christian Wulff, current governor of the state of Lower Saxony. Spiegel
Friday, June 18, 2010
Is Merkel's Government About to Crumble? Merkel facing her own "Waterloo" at an event coming up June 30
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