Showing posts with label state elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state elections. Show all posts

Monday, September 05, 2016

Far-right AfD Beats Merkel's Party in German State Vote


An anti-immigration party has overtaken German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party in her home state, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Election results show Alternative for Germany, or AFD, won 21 percent of votes, about two percent more than the CDU.

Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Schwerin.


Sunday, September 04, 2016

German Anti-immigrant Party Beats Merkel's Party in Her Home State


REUTERS.COM: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats fell to third place in a state election on Sunday behind the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, TV projections showed.

In a stinging defeat for Merkel in her home district one year ahead of federal elections, the upstart AfD won 21.4 percent of the vote in their first election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by campaigning hard against the chancellor's policies on refugees, according to a projection by ZDF TV at 1615 GMT.

"This isn't pretty for us," said Michael Grosse-Groehmer, one of Merkel's top deputies in parliament in Berlin in a ZDF TV interview. "Those who voted for the AfD were sending a message of protest." » | By Erik Kirschbaum and Andrea Shalal | BERLIN | Sunday, September 4, 2016

Germany: Merkel Losing Voter Support In Home State Election


Voters in the German Chancellor's home state will choose a new parliament on Sunday.

Angela Merkel's party is losing support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, as a right-wing party is campaigning on an anti-refugee and anti-Islam platform and is riding high in the opinion polls.

Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Bad Doberan.