… party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), won the German election and Merkel, chancellor since 2005, will serve … of a majority in the new Bundestag, which will have 709 members. The CDU-CSU’s setback was largely the result of … - 246 CDU-CSU, 80 FDP, 67 Green – in a Bundestag of 709 members. Germany has not had a three-party coalition …