The New Statesman
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Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party secured more than 30 per cent of the seats in two east German states.
The fear in Germany is that what happened in Thuringia on Sunday could one day happen in Berlin .
For now, despite its victory, the AfD may not form a government.
A terror attack in the west German town of Solingen , allegedly committed by a Syrian refugee, prompted Merz to call for the reintroduction of border controls, a kind of mini- Brexit that would kill a central EU principle: the Schengen zone of passport-free travel.
Merz is cautious not to offend Merkel loyalists in his party, and among his voters.
The CDU lacks credibility as an anti-immigration party. It was Angela Merkel , as CDU leader, who opened Germany ’s borders to refugees in 2015 , which caused the biggest flow of immigration in modern German history.
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