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Post by Admin on Sept 27, 2017 18:26:08 GMT
Preliminary results show German voters gave Chancellor Angela Merkel a mandate for a fourth term Sunday, but with far fewer votes than needed for her to govern without forming a coalition. Merkel had campaigned on her record as a highly respected leader not only in Germany, but also internationally, as well as record low unemployment and strong economic growth. But German unhappiness over her refugee policy that allowed more than a million asylum seekers into the country since 2015 was something she never fully recovered from. "Merkel has become a very polarizing figure, something she never envisioned for herself, never saw happening," said Merkel biographer Stefan Kornelius, who is also foreign editor of Germany's daily Suedeutsche Zeitung. "As much as she pushed to the center on the refugee issue and brought in the left part of electoral voters in her camp," she lost voters to the right of the spectrum.
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Post by Admin on Sept 16, 2018 18:02:26 GMT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said "vigilante justice" will not be tolerated after far-right unrest over a murder in the eastern city of Chemnitz. Scuffles have broken out during two days of protests by hundreds of people in the city centre since a German was stabbed to death early on Sunday. A Syrian man and an Iraqi man have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police were still out in strength on Monday evening, braced for new demonstrations by both right and left. They are also investigating alleged assaults on an Afghan, a Syrian and a Bulgarian during the unrest.
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Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2019 20:19:52 GMT
A Brexit advertisement prompted outcry in the United Kingdom by comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to a Nazi. The photo, posted to social media by Leave.EU after a phone call between Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shows Merkel with her hand outstretched along with a caption in red and black that reads, “We didn’t win two world wars to be pushed around by a kraut.” "Kraut" is a derogatory word used to describe Germans; the image also evokes the salute used by Nazis in World War II and white supremacist groups. The tweet with the photo was deleted after backlash over the ad began to build. Arron Banks, co-founder of Leave.EU, apologized for the ad. “The @leaveeuofficial team went too far yesterday but th
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