It is midnight in london, 7 00am in singapore, and 1 00am in the morning in berlin, where the german election has redrawn the countrys political landscape, and the effects are likely to be felt right around the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term in office. Her christian democrats are the biggest party. But her authority has been weakened, and the right wing afd, strongly anti immigrant, have won seats for the first time. The bbcs ros atkins is in berlin with this assessment. There were certain elements of this election result that were widely predicted, Angela Merkel continuing as chancellor, the social democrats getting a tough time at the ballot box, and the alternative for germany, the right wing nationalists, getting a place in the bundestag. The bit that people didnt pick was that Angela Merkel and her cdu party would get such a difficult time from voters, a significant drop from the last election. Looking at the latest rejections, these are not official resu
It is 1 00am in london, 8 00am in singapore, and 2 00am in berlin, where the german election has redrawn the countrys Political Landscape, and the effects are likely to be felt right around the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term in office. Her christian democrats are the biggest party. But her authority has been weakened, and the right wing afd, strongly anti immigrant, have won seats for the first time. There were some elements of this election result that were widely predicted. Angela merkel continuing as chancellor, the social democrats getting a tough time at the ballot box, and the alternative for germany, the right wing nationalists, getting a place in the bundestag. The bit that people didnt pick was that Angela Merkel and her cdu party would get such a difficult time from voters, a significant drop from the last election. Lets have a look at the latest projections that weve got, kasia. These are not official results, but they are projections, and we expect