‘This Looks Less Market-Friendly Than Expected’: Will German Results Weigh On Euro?

Although Angela Merkel triumphed as expected on Sunday, the results were anything but ideal for the chancellor. As detailed extensively in our election post, the coalition building process is likely to be fraught and beyond that, AfD's surprisingly strong performance has served to install a far-Right party in the Bundestag for the first time in six decades. This headline does not bode particularly well: SCHULZ SAYS COOPERATION WITH CDU, CSU HAS ENDED "Germany’s Social Democrats said Sund