German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office on Sept. 24, but overall support for Merkel’s party declined. (Reuters)German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office on Sept. 24, but overall support for Merkel’s party declined. The country’s far right party, Alternative for Germany, took third place. The Bundestag will now be crowded with six parties that span the ideological spectrum from far left to far right. But the AfD’s support was higher than many Germans had thought possible in a country where the memory of extreme-right-wing government is a source of profound national shame.

Source: Washington Post September 25, 2017 06:24 UTC