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German voters punish Merkel in regional elections
 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party was humiliated in key regional elections on Sunday as voters delivered their verdict at the ballot box about her open-door refugee policies.
| Rightist populism does seem to be sweeping the EU and America. Wonder why? Could it be that the voters have figured out that the establishment elites hate their countries, hate their people, and don't give a fig what happens to the rest of us so long as they get theirs? |
Exit poll results in three out of 16 German states foretell a wipeout in next year's general election as the hard-right capitalized on public disquiet and altered the political landscape forever.
Baden-Wuerttemberg - solidly middle class and home to blue chip companies like Porsche and Daimler - was won by the Green Party after Merkel's CDU lost nearly 11 percent support since the last vote there in 2011. And the Alternative for Germany - AfD anti-immigrant party - garnered 12.5 percent of the votes, propelling a party that her supporters call 'Nazis in pinstripes' into the local parliament.
Posted by: Steve White 2016-03-14 |
