Saturday, September 23, 2017

German Election: "Far right" AfD still gaining but looks like Merkel, Destroyer of Europe, will "cruise" to victory --tma






BERLIN/GREIFSWALD, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, poised to win a fourth term in Sunday’s election, urged supporters on Saturday to keep fighting for votes with a third of the electorate still undecided.

Merkel’s call was echoed by her center-left challenger Martin Schulz of the Social Democrats, now in an unwieldy “grand coalition” with her conservatives.

Merkel is widely expected to cruise to re-election with the Social Democrats trailing by double digits but the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could emerge as the third largest party, complicating the make-up of her next coalition. ...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-election/merkel-schulz-urge-undecided-germans-to-vote-with-far-right-gaining-idUSKCN1BY0HB