Sunday, September 24, 2017

NO SCHULZ !  Theyre not about :  'elections are about the future of democracy and Europe' THEYRE ABOUT OUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE ! -  German elections 2017 live: Polls open as Angela Merkel seeks fourth term - latest news

James Rothwell
The TelegraphSeptember 24, 2017


German voters went to the polls on Sunday for a general election which is almost guaranteed to return Angela Merkel as Chancellor for a fourth term, though the vote risks being overshadowed by a surge in support for the far-right AfD.


Alternative fur Deutschland (Afd) is projected up to 13 per cent of the vote, according to some pollsters, which could result in a far-right party entering the German parliament for the first time in more than a half a century.

There are also fears that low turnout in the election from apathetic Germans could help to boost the AfD's share of the vote.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president, warned the electorate against letting others decide the future of their country by failing to vote in an article for Bild Am Sonntag.

German election poll tracker

"It has perhaps never been as clear that the elections are about the future of democracy and Europe," he wrote, amid polls showing that as many as a third of Germans were undecided.

"If you don't vote, others decide."

In Germany's proportional election system, low turn-out can boost smaller parties, such as the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), giving them more seats from the same number of votes.

In regional elections last year, Merkel's conservatives suffered setbacks to the AfD, which profited from resentment at https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-elections-2017-live-polls-120122911.html www.yahoo.com/news/german-elections-2017-live-polls-120122911.html

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