Daily Memo: German Election Results, Supply Chain Snags

Merkel's party narrowly failed to win the top spot.

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German elections. Germany’s Social Democratic Party won the most seats in Sunday’s national elections, narrowly beating Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union. Both parties will now enter negotiations with others to try to build a majority coalition, which could take months. The power now rests with the Greens (which won 14.8 percent of the vote) […]

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