Merkel looks on as Germany's newly elected parliament convenes


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Oct 2021

Germany's acting Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the inaugural session of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel watched from a visitors' gallery on Tuesday as a new, more diverse and younger parliament elected a woman from the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) as parliamentary president.

Merkel, 67, who did not stand for re-election in the national ballot on Sept. 26 after four terms in office, will act as caretaker chancellor until a new government is in place.

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