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Merkel calls shock far-right vote in Thuringia state ‘unforgivable’
PRETORIA, Feb 6, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on
Thursday said it was “unforgivable” that a politician in Thuringia allowed
himself to be elected state premier with help from MPs from the far-right
AfD, calling for the vote to be redone.
What happened in Thuringia “is unforgivable and that’s why the result must
be reversed,” Merkel said at a press conference in South Africa, a day after
the Thuringia vote stunned Germany.
BSS/AFP/RY/1625 hrs