Merkel’s woeful legacy
How ironic but unsurprising that Angela Merkel, for sixteen years leader of her country’s once-conservative Christian Democrats, paved the way for post-war Germany’s most left-wing government at the 26 September federal election. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which won 10.3 per cent of the vote, became a significant force only after Merkel’s unilateral 2015 decision to throw Germany’s borders open to over a million illegal immigrants – mostly not genuine refugees.
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Mark Higgie is the Spectator Australia’s Europe correspondent @markhiggie1
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