Moment of truth for Merkel migrant policy in German regional polls
- 8 years ago
As millions of Germans vote in regional elections on Sunday, Angela Merkel says she is keeping her fingers crossed.
The Chancellor’s Christian Democrats (CDU) are widely expected to face a voter backlash over her high-risk decision last year to open Germany’s borders to refugees fleeing war in Syria.
Three polls are taking place – in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate in the west and
Saxony-Anhalt in the east.
On the campaign trail this weekend, Merkel passionately defended her migrant policy, telling a CDU rally in Baden-Wuerttemberg that: “People are suddenly there and need protection”.
'Mama Merkel' faces first test of migrant crisis handling as elections loom https://t.co/lL8DYwf8wf pic.twitter.com/bVHbI1V59y— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) 12 mars 2016
The refugee influx, totaling more than a million last year alone, has come to define Merkel’s
leadership. In power for over a decade, she has staked her reputation on it.
But her conservatives have bee
The Chancellor’s Christian Democrats (CDU) are widely expected to face a voter backlash over her high-risk decision last year to open Germany’s borders to refugees fleeing war in Syria.
Three polls are taking place – in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate in the west and
Saxony-Anhalt in the east.
On the campaign trail this weekend, Merkel passionately defended her migrant policy, telling a CDU rally in Baden-Wuerttemberg that: “People are suddenly there and need protection”.
'Mama Merkel' faces first test of migrant crisis handling as elections loom https://t.co/lL8DYwf8wf pic.twitter.com/bVHbI1V59y— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) 12 mars 2016
The refugee influx, totaling more than a million last year alone, has come to define Merkel’s
leadership. In power for over a decade, she has staked her reputation on it.
But her conservatives have bee