Posted on 12/06/2016 1:26:41 PM PST by Jyotishi
The vote came after a speech in which she struck a decidedly conservative note, telling members that she wants to stem the influx of migrants and ban face-covering veils where possible.
Caption - German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting at the lower house of parliament Bundestag on 2017 budget in Berlin, Germany, November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel won a new two-year term Tuesday as the leader of Germany's main conservative party, gaining solid backing after stressing her determination to prevent a repeat of last year's huge migrant influx. Merkel, who ran unopposed, won 89.5 percent of delegates' votes at a congress of her Christian Democratic Union in the western city of Essen. That was short of the 96.7 per cent she won two years ago, but still a strong mandate as she prepares to seek a fourth term as chancellor in next year's German election.
The vote came after a speech in which she struck a decidedly conservative note, telling members that she wants to stem the influx of migrants and ban face-covering veils where possible. Germany saw about 890,000 asylum-seekers arrive last year. Many came after Merkel decided in September 2015 to let in migrants who were stuck in Hungary. The numbers have since declined sharply, but Merkel's "we will cope" approach to the migrant crisis has provoked discord within the CDU, which has seen a string of poor state election results this year.
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I think the election is next year. This was leadership of the conservative party, whatever that means.
There next one must be held no later than Oct 17
Deutchland ist kaput
oh ok, thanks- - sounds kinda like pelosi being ‘elected’ as head of the democrats again
Karma?
Merkel is destroying Germany; do the German people REALLY want that????
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