What the Key Actors Want in Germany’s Latest Political Drama

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition suffered a potentially fatal blow with the election of government skeptics Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken as co-leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats at the weekend.

How much longer her fourth government will survive -- and whether she can make it through to the end of her term in late 2021 -- depends on who comes out on top.