Merkel: Conservatives siding with far right in election bad for democracy
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Wednesday – when a state premier was elected with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and her conservatives – was a bad day for democracy and the outcome needed to be undone.