BERLIN — Barring something seismic and unpredictable, Angela Merkel, Germany’s long-serving chancellor, will be reelected Sunday. That hasn't always been clear. Scarcely a year ago, pundits were preparing her political obituary. In September 2016, the chancellor's Christian Democratic Union fell to third place in an election in her home district. Overtaking her center-right bloc was Alternative […]
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/21/the-refugee-crisis-once-threatened-to-sink-angela-merkels-career-how-did-the-german-chancellor-weather-the-storm/
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