As German Far Right Sees Surge In Support, Merkel’s Conservatives Suffer Worst Election Result Since 1949
Provisional election results in Germany point to a worse-than-expected majority for the German chancellor even as Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc will be the largest party in the next German parliament. 33 percent of the vote was won by Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister-party the Christian Social Union (CSU). But lower…