Merkel’s CDU wins with dramatic downturn, far-right AfD enters Bundestag

Chancellor Angela Merkel secured her fourth term in office in Sunday’s (24 September) parliamentary election but her Christian Democratic Union picked up far fewer votes than expected, complicating the future coalition talks. And the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) made a historic breakthrough by winning Bundestag seats.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks to her supporters late in the evening at the CDU election event in Berlin, Germany, 24 September 2017. [Carsten Koall / EPA-EFE]

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