policy, Germany would maintain its strong ties with France and with Poland, and will continue its support for Turkey as a future member of the European Union. Merkel has defined the main aim of her government as reducing unemployment, and expressed the hope that posterity will judge the success of her tenure on the basis of this issue. See also List of political parties in Germany Further reading Langenbacher, Eric, ed. Launching the Grand Coalition: The 2005 Bundestag Election and the Future of German Politics (2007) excerpt and text search Notes References External links Official Results from the Federal Election Officer Results summary in English Deutsche Welle's latest news and podcasts on the 2005 German election Results at tagesschau.de Historische-Wahlplakate.de Among others Election Posters from German Federal Election 2005 http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,369430,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4144812.stm http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1676848,00.html Poll results Wahlen in Deutschland Umfragen zur Bundestagswahl (Sonntagsfrage) Federal elections in Germany 2005 elections in Germany Angela Merkel September 2005 events in Europe