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Merkel Says She Will Run as ‘Anti-Populist’, Pro-Establishment Candidate
Breitbart ^ | 21 Nov 2016 | Donna Rachel Edmunds

Posted on 11/21/2016 10:35:54 AM PST by detective

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed her decision to run for a fourth term, vowing explicitly to take on the forces of anti-establishment populism currently sweeping the West.

“We are facing struggles in Europe and internationally for our values and our interests and, simply put, for our way of life,” Merkel told reporters at the headquarters of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party on Sunday night, Euractiv has reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government
KEYWORDS: election; germany; merkel
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Hopefully, for Germany, Merkel will be defeated.
1 posted on 11/21/2016 10:35:54 AM PST by detective
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Because that worked out so well for Hillary.


2 posted on 11/21/2016 10:37:07 AM PST by dirtboy
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That’s a good sell these days!


3 posted on 11/21/2016 10:37:18 AM PST by Mr. K
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It worked out great for The Beast. /s


4 posted on 11/21/2016 10:37:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Yes!


5 posted on 11/21/2016 10:38:13 AM PST by GOP Poet
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Ha! Great point!


6 posted on 11/21/2016 10:38:26 AM PST by GOP Poet
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"Merkel Says She Will Run as ‘Anti-Populist’, Pro-Establishment Candidate"

-Whattttt!!! bwahahahahaha!


7 posted on 11/21/2016 10:38:45 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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Vee vill force all of you to live in harmony vith us.


8 posted on 11/21/2016 10:39:52 AM PST by BRL
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I thought she was going to run as an Evil Clown.


9 posted on 11/21/2016 10:40:32 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Cuz the elite wouldn’t be in charge if they weren’t so morally superior to the plebes. I don’t know why they bother with elections.


10 posted on 11/21/2016 10:42:21 AM PST by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
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You go little salmon...swim upstream!


11 posted on 11/21/2016 10:42:46 AM PST by DesertRhino (November 8, America's Brexit!!!)
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"Pro-Establishment Candidate"

-Dumbest political decision ever. Looks like she took advice from Obama.


12 posted on 11/21/2016 10:42:46 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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How many Arabs get to vote?


13 posted on 11/21/2016 10:42:53 AM PST by poinq
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Angela “Hindenberg” Merkel?


14 posted on 11/21/2016 10:43:24 AM PST by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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“We are facing struggles in Europe and internationally for . . . our way of life"

She and her buddy Obama seem not to recognize the extent to which those struggles are directed against them and the madness they unleashed.

15 posted on 11/21/2016 10:43:34 AM PST by madprof98
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Go for it LOL and invite those rapefugees onstage at your rallies you fat turd.


16 posted on 11/21/2016 10:43:36 AM PST by max americana
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Merkel needs to be dragged out of office and put on trial for all the deaths and assaults caused by her inviting in the Muslim savages.


17 posted on 11/21/2016 10:43:37 AM PST by Truth29
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“We are facing struggles in Europe and internationally for our values and our interests and, simply put, for our way of life,”

No Frau. Your moral preening decision to let in $1 MM + Muslim men is the cause of these struggles.

18 posted on 11/21/2016 10:43:44 AM PST by C19fan
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Well THAT sounds like a formula for getting your head handed to you.


19 posted on 11/21/2016 10:44:04 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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20 posted on 11/21/2016 10:44:44 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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