German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party beat its rivals on Sunday to garner a plurality of the vote, but a far-right party will also enter the country’s parliament for the first time in more than 60 years, according to exit polls.
Merkel’s conservative bloc won 33 percent of the vote, making them the largest parliamentary group, reports Bloomberg. However, that was down from 41.5 percent in the last election, in 2013.
The exit polls also show that the far-right Alternative for Germany has gotten some 13.5 percent of the vote, a significant showing of voter anger over immigration and inequality.
Merkel is appealing to other German parties to show responsibility “in stormy times” in a bitter exchange with her defeated challenger. – READ MORE
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