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    Could Merkel's losses and populism's gains be therapeutic for German democracy?

    Sep 25, 2017 3 minutes

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party fared far worse than expected in federal elections Sunday. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) did far better than expected.

    Is this the latest political earthquake?

    Not exactly.

    The results jolted Germany, especially after a placid – practically passionless, some have complained – political campaign. Both mainstream parties did their worst in decades, while the far-right earned an unprecedented new platform from which to share its views and shape attitudes.

    The results in Berlin show that while those abroad might look to Ms. Merkel as the clear leader of the liberal

    Government and oppositionThe unquiet far right

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