Relevant:
- Merkel suffers drubbing in Berlin vote due to migrant angst
- Angela Merkel is punished in Germany's elections as Anti Immigration party wins big
- Germany Shows Signs of Strain from Mass of Refugees
- How much longer can Germany keep its doors open to refugees?
- Crushing Defeat for Merkel's CDU Party in German Elections as Voters Reject Austerity
2016-01-25 — reuters.com
...
Growing concern about Germany's ability to cope with the influx and worries about crime and security after assaults on women at New Year in Cologne are weighing on support for the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
An Emnid poll for the newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed support for the CDU/CSU bloc down 2 percentage points at 36 percent from last week. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained 1 point to 10 percent. Merkel's coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), gained a point to 25 percent.
...
Merkel, despite appearing increasingly isolated over her open-door policy on refugees, has resisted pressure from some conservatives to cap the influx, or to close Germany's borders.
source article |
permalink |
discuss |
subscribe by:
|
RSS |
email 
Comments: Be the first to add a comment
add a comment | go to forum thread
Note: Comments may take a few minutes to show up on this page. If you go to the forum thread, however, you can see them immediately.