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Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:55 pm**

"German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term while nationalists have made a historic surge in federal elections, exit polls show. Her conservative CDU/CSU bloc has seen its worst result in almost 70 years but will remain the largest in parliament. Its current coalition partner, the social democratic SPD, says it will go into opposition after historic losses.

The nationalist AfD has won its first seats and is set to be the third party, a result that sparked some protests.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41376577

Political upheaval in Germany, has lots of ramifications for the rest of the EU. The 5 Star movement in Italy has elected a charismatic young leader, making it more credible in the forthcoming election too.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:15 am**

Everything old is new again . . .

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:10 pm**

A lot of it is driven by the refugee crisis. The racist right in Europe (Brexiteers, Front National, &c) are using the same anti-foreigner hysteria the GOP used to elect Trump.

yrs,
rubato

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:13 am**

Of course Aspy is totally wrong again, Europe doesn't have a refugees crisis, it has a migrant crisis, most of whom are economic migrants.

Of course, then when you add these recent events in, is it any wonder that some may be concerned?

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