Merkel ‘Defeats Herself’ Says Populist Leader After Drubbing
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.
“Angela Merkel defeats herself,” announced populist leader Frauke Petry on television Monday morning, commenting on the success of her AfD party in Mecklenburg that, in her view, constitutes a personal defeat for the Chancellor.
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