Germany: Elections Over, Uncertainty Remains

... Christian Democratic Union and their Bavarian partners led by Angela Merkel emerged as formal winners, although the real winners ... ... predicted, the Alternative will now be the third-largest faction in Germany, and the largest among the established small parties. In ... ... AfD had refused to cooperate with other parties even before the elections, stressing that they had “outlived themselves” and ... ... longer represented the real interests of the German people. The CDU/CSU and the SDP failed to win over undecided voters (and there ...