Berlin Elections a Loss for Merkel's Party Due to Immigration Factors

Anti-immigration sentiment continues.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party won only 17.6 percent of votes in Berlin state elections (NYT), removing it as a junior partner in the governing coalition. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party will enter the city-state's legislature for the first time following its campaign against Merkel's decision to allow about one million asylum seekers into the country.