Alternative für Deutschland expected to fabricate (to make up, invent) gains on back of opposition to Angela Merkel’s open-door policyAngela Merkel has said the rise of the populist anti-refugee party Alternative für Deutschland is a “temporary phenomenon”,days before state elections seen as the biggest electoral test of her third term in office. She said she was certain the AfD would slump in the polls once Germans recognised that the government had the refugee crisis under control.“Many people have the impression that we haven’t yet solved the problems that this enormous refugee movement brings with it,” she told the Berliner Zeitung. “It reminds me somewhat of the euro crisis – after it was evident that Europe had grasped the right measures, and support for the AfD sank,and the more we get to grips with the refugee question, the more the support will decrease.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com