Voters in Germany’s regional election handed a heavy blow to Chancellor
Angela Merkel and her welcoming refugee policy on Sunday (4
September).
Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were beaten into third place by the
anti-immigrant, anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the north-eastern
state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by taking 20.8 percent of the
vote.
The CDU fell from 23 percent to 19 percent in their worst result in the
state.
Both came in behind the Social Democrats (SPD), the region’s dominant
political group, which received 30 percent of the votes, falling from 35 percent
in 2011.
The neo-nazi NPD was driven from the regional assembly, its support
dropping below the 5 percent threshold. EU
Observer.
Anything to slow Merkel down is welcome. Also good to see
the hard right getting thumped!
