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CDU suicide: 'Corporate puppet' Merkel is history - but plans 4th run for chancellor

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The German chancellor says she is ready to seek a fourth term in next year’s elections.

Merkel will also seek re-election as chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union party at its convention next month. Over the past year, Her ruling party has suffered a sobering defeat in three regional elections over the government’s open-door refugee policy. Merkel has acknowledged that the policy has given the anti-immigrant, anti-EU AfD a massive boost across the country. 

Merkel Loses Control Of Berlin After Worst-Ever Election

JACOB BOJESSON
Foreign Correspondent
9:35 PM 09/18/2016
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had its worst-ever election in Berlin Sunday, when the party was voted out of power.

Surging nationalist party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) was declared the big winner after reaching a high share of votes in notoriously liberal Berlin. Merkel’s CDU, on the other hand, suffered its worst election results in the capital since Germany’s reunification in 1990.

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CDU has been losing seats in state assemblies across Germany throughout the year as people show dissatisfaction with Merkel’s open-door immigration stance. CDU dropped almost six points from the election in 2011, finishing with just 17.5 percent of the votes, and will no longer be part of the governing coalition.
The result follows another disastrous election for Merkel in her home state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Sept. 4, when CDU finished behind AfD. CDU managed to stay ahead of AfD this time around, but the anti-immigration party was happy with getting representation in a new constituency.....

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