German Chancellor Angela Merkel with supporters at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party election campaign meeting centre in Berlin on Saturday. Photo: ReutersBerlin: Germans vote in a national election on Sunday that is likely to see Chancellor Angela Merkel win a historic fourth term and a far-right party enter parliament for the first time in more than half a century. In regional votes last year, Merkel’s conservatives suffered setbacks to the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which profited from resentment at her 2015 decision to leave German borders open to over one million migrants. Those setbacks made Merkel, a pastor’s daughter who grew up in Communist East Germany, wonder if she should even run for re-election. The anti-immigrant AfD, rose two points to 13% —a result the poll showed would make it the third largest party.

Source: Mint September 23, 2017 21:56 UTC