So much for the snooze button. The gains made by Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party in Sunday’s election — 12 per cent of the vote and a place in the Bundestag — are a shock to the system for many Germans. CBC | World News
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German election: Merkel holds onto leadership but far-right wins first seats since WW2
ANGELA Merkel has held onto her German leadership but a hard-right party has now entered parliament for the first time in 72 years. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »BREXIT SABOTAGE: Macron and Merkel to unleash plot to tie UK to Brussels FOREVER
FEARS of a new Franco-German plot to sabotage Brexit and keep Britain tied to Brussels for ever have emerged. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »BACKLASH AT MERKEL: Migrant policy has caused divisions and rise of AfP, says Schulz
MARTIN Schulz conceded defeat in the German state elections with an admission that the country’s open-door immigration possibly had divided the nation and led to the success of the Alternative for Germany party. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Merkel goes for 4th term as voting has begun to determine Germany’s ‘democratic future’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is going for a fourth term as voting underway in an election likely to see the farthest right-wing party in 60 years, the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany, win seats in parliament. CBC | World News
Read More »Merkel pitches German voters steady course while far right makes waves
The far-right, anti-EU Alternative for Germany party is expected to win as much as 12 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, potentially making it the third largest party in the Bundestag. CBC | World News
Read More »Merkel under pressure: German Chancellor backs Juncker’s dream of EU finance minister
ANGELA Merkel appears to have bowed down to pressure from Jean-Claude Juncker over plans for a European finance minister in a desperate effort to manage rifts within the bloc. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Merkel under pressure: German Chancellor backs Juncker’s dream of EU finance minister
ANGELA Merkel appears to have bowed down to pressure from Jean-Claude Juncker over plans for a European finance minister in a desperate effort to manage rifts within the bloc. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »WORLD WAR 3: Angela Merkel offers to fix North Korea crisis amid nuclear missile threat
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is prepared to engage in diplomacy to end North Korea’s nuclear missile programme. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Merkel: ‘Turkey should not become a member of the EU’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she would seek an end to Turkey’s membership talks with the European Union, comments that are likely to worsen already strained ties between the two NATO allies. CBC | World News
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