Constanze Stelzenmüller, senior fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, discusses the results of the German election, which resulted in Angela Merkel being elected for a fourth term as chancellor and a far-right nationalist party being voted into the federal legislature for the first time in over a century.
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Authors
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Director
- Center on the United States and Europe,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe,
Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations
@ConStelz
Commentary
PodcastMerkel wins, far right gains: What happened in Germany’s elections?
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Director
- Center on the United States and Europe,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe,
Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations
@ConStelz
September 25, 2017