Chancellor Angela Merkel's chances of cobbling together a government in Germany's current parliament look slim. Merkel has good reasons not to be too worried about her future for now, despite recent setbacks. The only other option, assuming that other parties can't be persuaded to negotiate a coalition, would be an unprecedented minority government. Either way, it appears likely that — as in this parliament — no plausible coalition would be possible without Merkel's conservatives. "We can be of different opinions as to how we should be governed, but it is clear that we must be governed," Schaeuble, a prominent member of Merkel's party, told lawmakers.

Source: ABC News November 21, 2017 08:02 UTC