Luxembourg

Fourth-term election victory for Merkel, but surge for far-right

Angela Merkel won a fourth term as German chancellor in a victory that was marred by her party recording its worst result since 1949 as voters lifted the populist AfD into parliament in a clear rebuke to her open-doors refugee policy.

24.09.2017

(AFP photo: German Chancellor and CDU party leader Angela Merkel addresses supporters with her party colleagues after exit poll results were broadcast)

(Bloomberg) Angela Merkel won a fourth term as German chancellor in a victory that was marred by her party recording its worst result since 1949 as voters lifted the populist AfD into parliament in a clear rebuke to her open-doors refugee policy.