Germany’s Merkel scrambles to heal coalition rift

By Washington Examiner

Published February 18, 2014 1:29pm ET

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Germany’s Merkel scrambles to heal coalition rift — Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the lay-off and appointment ceremony for outgoing Agriculture Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich his successor Christian Schmidt at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. in Berlin, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Friedrich resigned after it emerged that he tipped off another senior politician about an investigation involving a prominent lawmaker. The criticism involved Friedrichâs previous role as interior minister: he has acknowledged telling the leader of Germanyâs center-left Social Democrats last October that lawmaker Sebastian Edathyâs name had come up in an investigation. Hannover prosecutors say the case involves alleged ordering of pictures of underage boys, though it's unclear whether they legally constitute child porn. Edathy denies ordering or possessing child porn. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) | Markus Schreiber

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scrambling to heal a rift in her new coalition government caused by the fallout from a child pornography investigation.

Merkel’s right-left coalition has been buffeted by mistrust since the resignation last Friday of Cabinet minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, a member of her conservative bloc.

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