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epa06603378 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C), (L-R, back row) Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Andreas Scheuer, Health Minister, Jens Spahn, Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Franziska Giffey, (L-R, front row) Minister of Justice, Katarina Barley, Minister of Economy and Energy, Peter Altmaier, Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, before the new ministers are sworn in by the President of the German Parliament (Bundestag), Wolfgang Schaeuble, on the day of the election of the Federal Chancellor at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 14 March 2018. A coalition of Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) forms the new German government. EPA/RONALD WITTEK