Preliminary results showed Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union won 40.7% of the vote in tiny Saarland state, in southwestern Germany. That was up from 35.2% in 2012 and topped the 29.6% won by the Social Democrats led by Martin Schulz.
Either way, it looks as if the AfD isn’t going to be that big a player in the coming federal elections. The populists everywhere appear to be fading. I think Brexit and Trump have sounded a warning call to the Europeans that they are hearing big time.
Don’t count Merkel out. An unexpected win here:
Preliminary results showed Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union won 40.7% of the vote in tiny Saarland state, in southwestern Germany. That was up from 35.2% in 2012 and topped the 29.6% won by the Social Democrats led by Martin Schulz.
Either way, it looks as if the AfD isn’t going to be that big a player in the coming federal elections. The populists everywhere appear to be fading. I think Brexit and Trump have sounded a warning call to the Europeans that they are hearing big time.