Angela Merkel was re-elected for another four years as Chancellor of Germany on Sunday.

With this win also came the announcement of forming a new coalition with her own Christian Democratic Party and the Free Democratic Party.  She said her former coalition with the Social Democratic Party would not lead her to the goal of repairing Germany’s troubled economy as reported by The Chosun Ilbo.

This center-right coalition has reform as its number one priority as the Free Democratic Party is known for proposing “lower taxes and less regulation.”

The Twitterverse seemed mostly supportive, offering good wishes to Merkel, as well as speculations on the polls and how teaming up with the FDP will affect Germany:

1. 
   gunnarandren (Stockholm, Sweden) 28 sept. Åter från Berlin. FDP vann valet, 4,8 procent plus. Angela Merkel klarade sig, främst för att SPD var en katastrof. Rättvist! (28 sept. Back from Berlin. FDP won the election, 4.8 percent plus. Angela Merkel made it, mainly because the SPD was a disaster. Fair!) 28 Sep 2009 from web
2. 
   MichaelPetillo (Undisclosed) Congrats to Angela Merkel on her victory. Lower taxes and deregulation was the winning platform. 28 Sep 2009 from mobile web
3. 
   alekseyfy (Undisclosed) Congratulations to Angela Merkel for her victory and soon-to-be new coalition partner. Should make things easier. 28 Sep 2009 from Tweed
4. 
   ism_averse (London, U.K.) Kudos Angela Merkel. 29 Sep 2009 from web
5. 
   dailyexception (New York, N.Y.) Now that Angela Merkel has her center-right coalition, I wonder just how pro-business and pro-US she will be. Margaret Thatcher she is not! 29 Sep 2009 from txt

Although there are others whose tweets suggested they were not so thrilled about the Chancellor’s win:

1. 
   americo1957 (Undisclosed) Angela Merkel vence as eleições na Alemanha e continua como Chanceller. Eu sabia disso. O favoritismo é o mesmo desde a 1ª vez, em 2005. (”Angela Merkel won the elections in Germany and remains as Chancellor. I knew that. Favoritism is the same since the 1st time in 2005″) 28 Sep 2009 from web
2. 
   poetadauto (Berlin, Germany) Re-eleita Chanceler, Angela Merkel disse que governará para todos os alemaes. E nós imigrantes, ó, cara pálida ????!!!!! (”Re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel said she will rule for all Germans. And we immigrants, O, pale face ????!!!!!”) 28 Sep 2009 from web
3. 
   0lenka (Hamburg, Germany) @CurryK Angela Merkel will Medien-Netzthemen…bla bla bla letztes Jahr wollte Sie ja auch SO EINIGES…=( Linken und Grünen vor! (”Angela Merkel wants the media network issues … bla bla bla, you did so well last year, SO SOME …=( Left and the Greens before!”)28 Sep 2009 from Echofon in reply to CurryK
4. 
   Buddhaworld (Undisclosed) @BobGarrett angela merkel greeted by investors, how could it be otherwise? she gave away the complete financial future of germany to bankers 28 Sep 2009 from Seesmic in reply to BobGarrett

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