Merkel likely to win polls but find a rocky road to new government

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel attends a press conference at CDU's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2017. According to the preliminary results released Monday morning, the coalition of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Socialist Union (CSU), obtained 33 percent of the votes, shrunk from the 41 percent in 2013. However, it still heralded a fourth term for her, with the support of other parties. (Xinhua/Luo Huanhuan)