German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) is flanked by the secretary general of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Peter Tauber (L) and one of five CDU vice chairmen Julia Kloeckner (R) as she arrives for a meeting with the party's leadership in Berlin on September 25, 2016, Merkel woke up to a fourth term but now faces the double headache of an emboldened hard-right opposition party and thorny coalition talks ahead. / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN