People & Politics | The Old Chancellor is the New Chancellor

2009-10-02 18

Angela Merkel has done it again – she’ll remain in office as German Chancellor for another term. But the image of her party,the Christian Democrats,has taken a beating.It attracted barely 34 percent of the vote - its second-worst result in the history of the Federal Republic. But the Chancellor has pledged to address the party’s changing status. We take a look at the drop in support for the CDU,Germany’s largest party.