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Merkel heads for fourth term as hard-right eyes first seats in parliament

An exit poll shows Chancellor Merkel's CDU/CSU alliance has won the most seats

Published Sun, Sep 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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GERMANS voted Sunday in a general election expected to hand Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term while the hard-right nationalist AfD party was expected to make history by winning its first seats in parliament.

Europe's most powerful woman appears all but assured of winning another term, matching the 16-year reign of her mentor Helmut Kohl.

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