German chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party suffered another defeat in German regional elections on Sunday. This follows on the heels of CDU’s Humiliating 3rd Place Finish to AfD in State Elections.
Please consider Merkel’s Party Slumps in Berlin Election Amid Populist Surge.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party slumped in regional elections in Berlin as the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany extended its run of successes at the polls, taking about 12 percent in the latest signal of protest against the chancellor’s refugee policy.
Berlin’s Social Democrats, who have ruled the capital city for 15 years, including the last five in coalition with Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, took the most votes on Sunday with 23 percent, according to separate exit polls by broadcasters ARD and ZDF. The CDU came in second with 18 percent, while Alternative for Germany, or AfD, won seats in the city-state’s parliament for the first time.
The CDU’s defeat is the second straight electoral setback for Merkel’s party after finishing third behind the AfD for the first time in another state election two weeks ago.
The Greens and the anti-capitalist Left Party each took 16.5 percent, while the pro-business Free Democrats were poised to return to the Berlin city assembly with 6.5 percent, according to the exit polls.
The latest defeat means Merkel’s party may exit the government in Germany’s largest city. Berlin’s Social Democratic mayor, Michael Mueller, has said he’d prefer a coalition with the Greens, for which he’d also lack a majority if the results are confirmed. That raises the prospect of a three-way coalition between the SPD, Greens and Left Party.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
Merkel = Obama = Jeb = Romney = Hillary = SELF-SERVING GLOBALISTS … !!!
I was reading somewhere a while ago where some towns have there own currency system. Kind of a revolt forming.
I’m using Angela Merkel as a proxy for Hillary Clinton.
Looks as if the German Volk have awoken. I hope it’s not too late. But it would be classic for Merkel to be shown the door and for it to hit her on the hiney as she leaves.
When Hillary loses in Nov the 2 of them (Hill and Angie) should get together and open up a bar on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. Perfect transition.
Angie should stop bankers from printing food inflation is she wants to help Middle Easterners. They would prefer to stay in their homeland anyway, but the poor can’t afford the bank’s terrible food inflation. There are other groups stirring things up to support their own agendas, but things can’t get back to normal until the people can afford food again.
Merkut may have suffered a setback, but all the rest of the opposition (-AfD) are lining up behind her migration policies. Until the German folk is detoxed of the indoctrination and propaganda of the post war period, the hope for Europe is slim.