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Originally Posted by Damien
It is but people have been expecting this for a while. Relative to 3/4/5 years ago this is a shock result. Relative to a year ago not so much. I am not saying it's a great result for Merkel or a bad result for the far-right but these same commentators were predicting the end of Merkel's leadership not that long ago.
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I think 'not read too much into it' was probably the wrong way to phrase it. Better to say to keep it into perspective.
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It's not just about the end of Merkel though is it. She has to go sometime. It's about who replaces her and how extreme they might be as a result of the lip service which has been paid to an awful lot of people's sincere and justified concerns.
There's talk about an official parliamentary investigation being launched into Merkel's migration decision not being entirely legal. That might be interesting.