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Political Earthquake in Germany: Angela Merkel Wins Election but Huge Immigration Anger Pushes the Nation to the RightGermany's populist party is now the third strongest party in Parliament and, as such, will no longer be dismissed as a "fringe" movement. (Germany)—[CBN News] Political tremors shook Germany this weekend after Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Party claimed victory in Sunday's election. But many Germans voted to push the country to the right, based on anger over Merkel's liberal immigration policies. (Photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel/via CBN News) Exit polls show the nationalist AfD party, Alternative for Germany, not only won its first parliamentary election, but it might have won close to 100 seats. It's now the third strongest party in Parliament. AfD has been labeled anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim. The party harshly criticized Merkel's policy of allowing a flood of refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war into the country in 2015. Merkel has been in power for 12 years, and this will be her fourth term as German chancellor, but she'll face a difficult task of forming new coalitions in Parliament. "We live in stormy times," Merkel declared. "I have the intention of achieving a stable government in Germany." Some protesters were more blunt, calling the AfD "Nazis."
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