With only five months to go before Germany’s September 24th national election, the race for the chancellorship is proving to be a heated one as Angela Merkel fights for a fourth term. Her policies towards the refugee crisis plaguing Europe has led to a massive loss of support over the last year, and …
Could Brexit Be Saving Angela Merkel’s Political Career?
Over the last year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity has fallen to new lows after welcoming in more than a million refugees into the country, a move that a majority of the German public was against, but now Germany’s leader may have found her saving grace as election season is fast approaching, …
Sources: The Independent
Photo: OCHA / Berk Özkan [Flickr]
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Sources: Reuters
Photo: Dirk Vorderstraße (Flickr)
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