Congratulations Germany
Germany just had national elections and Chancellor Angela Merkel was victorious. What is even more important is that her bloc (the CDU/CSU) also won the largest number of votes so Germany will swing back toward right-centrist and prosperity.
From the
BBC:
Victorious Merkel vows recovery
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the priority of her second term in office will be to return prosperity to Europe's largest economy.
Mrs Merkel, who swept back to power in Sunday's election, will now open talks with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP).
She believes a coalition between them and her centre-right CDU/CSU bloc offers the best chance for recovery.
Her previous coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD) suffered their worst election performance for decades.
In her victory speech, Mrs Merkel said she wanted to be a chancellor of all Germans at a moment of crisis and that protecting and creating jobs would be her "highest aim".
She added: "We can really celebrate tonight, but afterwards we have a hard job ahead of us."
Congratulations Ms. Merkel
It will be interesting to see if any on the far left learn their lesson when they see the turnaround in the German economic situation. Probably not...
Low taxes and a small government equal a greater prosperity for all.
Posted by DaveH at September 27, 2009 8:44 PM