Merkel elected to fourth term as German Chancellor
14:10, 14 March 2018
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, ARMENPRESS. The Bundestag lawmakers on March 14 elected Angela Merkel, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, as German Chancellor for a fourth term, Reuters reports.
Lawmakers voted by 364 to 315, with nine abstentions, in favor of re-electing Merkel, 63.
“I accept the vote”, Merkel told the Bundestag lower house of parliament after the vote.
English –translator/editor: Aneta Harutyunyan