“With a sizeable portion of the electorate voting for the AfD, as well as dropping numbers for the CDU, Merkel might be expected to change course on her refugee policy, adopting a more measured approach to appease voters and woo them back to the CDU.”
“Yet, after the vote, Merkel announced that she was not amending her policy. She will not be instituting a cap on the number of refugees, which many in her own party have called for, and will instead continue to push for a European solution.
Is this stubbornness political suicide? The numbers suggest otherwise.
While CDU candidates lost their elections in two Länder, in both they did so to candidates who are avowed supporters of Merkel’s policy. Tellingly, both CDU candidates who lost, including presumed Merkel successor Julia Klöckner, had recently distanced themselves from Merkel’s policy.”
“In Rhineland-Palatinate, nearly a third of voters said they switched their support from the CDU to the Greens due to Klöckner’s refugee stance. Thus, while voters rejected the CDU, they did not reject candidates who support the open-door policy.”
Source:‘Germany’s regional election results do not spell defeat for Merkel in 2017’http://globalriskinsights.com/2016/03/regional-election-results-merkel-defeat/
Headline:German elections: setbacks for Merkel’s CDU as anti-refugee AfD makes big gains
Sub-headline:“Alternative für Deutschland enters state parliament for first time while pro-refugee candidates also achieve regional election wins”
“But, in a sign of the increasingly polarised nature of Germany’s political debate, pro-refugee candidates also achieved two resounding victories in the elections – the first to take place in Germany since the chancellor embarked on her flagship open-doors approach to the migration crisis.
Merkel’s Christian Democrat party suffered painful defeats to more left-leaning parties in two out of three states”
King_Shark about 8 years ago
Really should have thought twice before helping bomb Libya in 2011 and buying oil from jihadi cannibals in Syria in 2012.
Happy Two Shoes about 8 years ago
As I understand it, Gaddafi wanted to socialize Libya, so the capitalists in Libya called on the US to dispose of Gaddafi.
alexzabala about 8 years ago
Goodbye Europe. It was nice knowing ya!
OmqR-IV.0 about 8 years ago
Not so fast…
“Refugee policy here to stay”
“With a sizeable portion of the electorate voting for the AfD, as well as dropping numbers for the CDU, Merkel might be expected to change course on her refugee policy, adopting a more measured approach to appease voters and woo them back to the CDU.”
“Yet, after the vote, Merkel announced that she was not amending her policy. She will not be instituting a cap on the number of refugees, which many in her own party have called for, and will instead continue to push for a European solution.
Is this stubbornness political suicide? The numbers suggest otherwise.
While CDU candidates lost their elections in two Länder, in both they did so to candidates who are avowed supporters of Merkel’s policy. Tellingly, both CDU candidates who lost, including presumed Merkel successor Julia Klöckner, had recently distanced themselves from Merkel’s policy.”
“In Rhineland-Palatinate, nearly a third of voters said they switched their support from the CDU to the Greens due to Klöckner’s refugee stance. Thus, while voters rejected the CDU, they did not reject candidates who support the open-door policy.”
Source:‘Germany’s regional election results do not spell defeat for Merkel in 2017’http://globalriskinsights.com/2016/03/regional-election-results-merkel-defeat/
OmqR-IV.0 about 8 years ago
Headline:German elections: setbacks for Merkel’s CDU as anti-refugee AfD makes big gains
Sub-headline:“Alternative für Deutschland enters state parliament for first time while pro-refugee candidates also achieve regional election wins”
“But, in a sign of the increasingly polarised nature of Germany’s political debate, pro-refugee candidates also achieved two resounding victories in the elections – the first to take place in Germany since the chancellor embarked on her flagship open-doors approach to the migration crisis.
Merkel’s Christian Democrat party suffered painful defeats to more left-leaning parties in two out of three states”
Source:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/13/anti-refugee-party-makes-big-gains-in-german-state-elections