“Chancellor Angela Merkel is in position to rule for a fourth term, according to early exit polls in Germany’s national election, which also saw voters send the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) to Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag.
“German media characterized the results of Sunday’s vote as a major shift. Der Spiegel reports, AfD is the “first overtly right-wing party to win seats in the country’s federal parliament in over half a century.”
“With around 33 percent of the vote, Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party came in first in Sunday’s vote, but it was its worst showing since 1949.”
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