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[MR MISTER]

Angela Merkel's CDU party has just been re-elected with 48% of the vote, not an absolute majority so she will need a coalition partner. The liberals, her previous partners, polled 4.8%, not enough to have a say in parliament under German rules. Tee hee Nick 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Angela Merkel's CDU party has just been re-elected with 48% of the vote, not an absolute majority so she will need a coalition partner. The liberals, her previous partners, polled 4.8%, not enough to have a say in parliament under German rules. Tee hee Nick 

Sexy.....

[Varche]

So when the dust has settled and she forms a super coalition government does it mean Germany will or won't bankroll EU countries that have gone bust?

[Kevin Wood]

So when the dust has settled and she forms a super coalition government does it mean Germany will or won't bankroll EU countries that have gone bust?

Who knows? She's back in, so perhaps less concerned about German public opinion.. then again, will she have the support?

[Rods2]

So when the dust has settled and she forms a super coalition government does it mean Germany will or won't bankroll EU countries that have gone bust?

Difficult question to answer, but with MEP elections next year and the anti-Euro party poling just under 5% in their first election, will she risk losing votes by committing all Eurozone bale out partners taxpayers to taking a hit on an ECB Greek debt haircut (which they desperately need) or keep kicking the can down the road until they get to the end of the cul de sac. Merkel is a cautious but ruthless politician as colleagues and coalition partners have found to their cost. On that basis I think the answer will be nein.

So I'm afraid you are going to have to be a good model Spanish citizen and make a more than your fair share contribution to the €300bn property exposure the banks are still allegedly sitting on. 

[Varche]

So when the dust has settled and she forms a super coalition government does it mean Germany will or won't bankroll EU countries that have gone bust?

Difficult question to answer, but with MEP elections next year and the anti-Euro party poling just under 5% in their first election, will she risk losing votes by committing all Eurozone bale out partners taxpayers to taking a hit on an ECB Greek debt haircut (which they desperately need) or keep kicking the can down the road until they get to the end of the cul de sac. Merkel is a cautious but ruthless politician as colleagues and coalition partners have found to their cost. On that basis I think the answer will be nein.

So I'm afraid you are going to have to be a good model Spanish citizen and make a more than your fair share contribution to the €300bn property exposure the banks are still allegedly sitting on. 

Jawohl Mein Kapitain, 

I noticed today that the Greeks are overjoyed at the news..................

[albitz]

Camoron has welcomed her victory. Says a lot imo.