German Family Minister Manuela Schwesig attends the first cabinet meeting of the newly appointed ministers at the chancellery in Berlin on December 17, 2013. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sworn in Tuesday for a third term at the helm of Europe's top economy, ending nearly three months of post-election limbo while she bartered with rivals to forge a "grand coalition".  AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL        (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)