That was up from 32% in February but well below the 41.5% her party won in the last election, in 2013. Martin Schulz: social justice, no nukes ... and no match for Angela Merkel Read more“I’d make all the important decisions of 2015 the same way again,” Merkel said. Merkel, who is seeking a fourth term, has had to contend with loud and sustained heckling from demonstrators strongly opposed to her refugee policies. In September last year, Merkel took responsibility for her party’s disastrous showing in Berlin’s state election, admitting mistakes had been made in the open doors policy. However, she did not distance herself from her decision to keep open Germany’s borders to thousands of refugees stranded at Keleti station in Budapest.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2017 11:29 UTC