Proportional Representation Is Doing Its Job In Germany

After many months of tough negotiations, Germany has a new government. On Sunday morning the Social Democratic Party (SPD) announced their decision to continue governing with Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CSU). The result is the return to office of a coalition of parties that most Germans voted for.Yet this process has alarmed some British pundits - sometimes to the point of hysteria. In November, Andrew Neil announced “Germany tonight in its biggest political crisis sinc