German elections AfD surge at expense of Angela Merkel
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The Christian Democrats (CDU) polled just 17.5 per cent of the vote, a major blow to Ms Merkel's party and an indication of the uphill battle the party will have at the national elections in Germany in October 2017.
Top candidate of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Georg Pazderski casts his vote.
The far-right, openly anti-Muslim AfD party has made significant gains in Germany's local elections as Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat party slumped to its worst ever result.
Alternative for Germany won 11.5 per cent of the vote, just three d...