New York Times: Germans Vote on Whether to Give Merkel a 4th Term
BERLIN — Warned about the dangers of complacency in parlous times by their president, Germans voted on Sunday in an election that is expected to return Angela Merkel to power for a fourth term as chancellor but also to bring a far-right party into Parliament for the first time in more than 60 years.
German voters were urged to take their civic responsibilities to heart and not sit out the vote in the face of opinion polls showing Ms. Merkel and her center-right Christian Democrats and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Socialists, with a double-digit lead over the center-left Social Democrats.
A victory would vault Ms. Merkel into the ranks of Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl, the only postwar chancellors to win four national elections, and represent a remarkable capstone for her, the first East German and the first woman to hold the position.
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Update: How does the German general election work? (DW)
WNU Editor: Live updates can be seen here ....
German Election: Live Updates -- BBC
German elections 2017: Angela Merkel seeks fourth term as country heads to polls – live updates -- The Guardian
German elections 2017 - live updates -- The Independent
German elections: Will Merkel win 4th term as chancellor? Live updates -- RT
The 2017 results can be seen here .... 2017 German Election Results (Bloomberg)
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