German state premier quits after far right voting pact sees him elected
Angela Merkel called yesterday’s vote “a bad day for democracy” .
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Angela Merkel called yesterday’s vote “a bad day for democracy” .
Bjoern Hoecke previously labelled Berlin’s Holocaust memorial a “monument of shame”.
The Tory MP said it was not an endorsement, he was simply “pointing out something interesting which is worth watching”.
Citing “dissent” with more hardline colleagues, Petry dropped her bombshell at a morning party press conference.
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder described AfD’s success as “abhorrent”.
Election exit polls show Merkel on course for a fourth term.
Frauke Petry, who leads the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, has hit out at Angela Merkel.
Merkel is facing anger from German citizens over her open-door refugee policy.