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Jorg Berger Becomes Chancellor, Again
November 5650

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Official Portrait of Chancellor Jorg Berger (C) Bundeskanzleramt

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Dunburg - Jorg Berger has officially returned to the Federal Chancellery in Dunburg today, after his successful election by the Bundestag yesterday. A coalition composed by the Social Democrats (DSDP), the Greens and the Pragmatic Socialists (DSU) elected him with a total of 326 votes in favor, out of the 316 necessary to gain a simple majority of all members in the Bundestag. The coalition was negotiated quickly by Mr. Berger, immediately following his designation as Chancellor by President Juliane Offenbach, the ideological affinity of the three parties made the job easier for Mr. Berger.

Berger already served a term as Federal Chancellor, from 5641 to 5645, before losing the office to outgoing Chancellor Erica Kleinfelder (NDZP). Since 5637, Dundorf had the same two Chancellors, serving two non-consecutive terms: Kleinfelder (5637-5641 and 5645-5650) and Berger (5641-5645 and 5650-now), the alternation of the now consolidated two main parties of the nation, and also the most historic.

The new governing coalition is expected to build on the foreign policy legacy of the past government, since the Greens will retain control of the Foreign Ministry, while one big change is expected to be on education: the DSDP and DSU both expressed approval to the Greens' Higher Education Reform proposal and the DSDP has in mind a plan to strongly boost public education. DSU will gain the Defence and Infrastructure Ministries, and its leaders have yet to speak about their political platform. Now, they're celebrating their first ever presence in a Federal Cabinet after spending years in opposition, and their 'feel-good' sentiments can't diminish knowing that the gambit of separating from the DRF, some years ago, finally paid off.