Angela Merkel, the German that eight years ago became the first woman Chancellor of Germany, barely won an absolute majority win earlier this week during the elections in which she sought to be reelected for a third term.
Merkel got 41.6 percent of the votes, according to Germany's Federal Electoral Commission; however, she won't be able to govern with the liberals, her current allies that were left without seats in the elections, reported El Mundo.
With this result, the German Chancellor will have to persuade her left-wing rivals to form an alliance that will help her keep her position after the results of this Sunday's elections.
It is, despite the overwhelming victory, a difficult situation for the Chancellor. In Sunday's elections, the Liberal Party (FDP) was voted out of Parliament, after not being able to obtain the five percent of votes necessary to get seats, and only obtained 4.7 percent of the votes.
In this manner, Merkel's options are either governing as a minority, something which had never happened in Germany's political history, or making an alliance with left-wing parties.
In 2005, Angela Merkel made a "great coalition" with the Social Democratic Party, which is why the idea of a coalition government has been well-received by almost 60 percent of Germans, giving her good expectations when she meets with communitarian partners of Germany, reports Mexican newspaper Excélsior.
In Germany, the general election participation index was set at 73 percent of the population, the highest turn-out since 2002, according to CNN.
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