Merkel: Governor's election with far-right help inexcusable
BERLIN (AP) ” Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned as ‘inexcusable’ the election of a new German state governor with the help of the far-right as well as her own party, and said Thursday that the result must not stand.Wednesday’s surprise election of Thomas Kemmerich, a member of the small pro-business Free Democrats, as governor of the eastern state of Thuringia has turned into a major embarrassment for Germany’s mainstream center-right parties and revived questions about the future of […]
