Germany general election

Yesterday, a general election was conducted in Germany.

The Guardian: German election: Merkel wins fourth term but far-right AfD surges to third

The ruling Christian Democrat-led alliance kept the largest seats. Angela Merkel will successfully continue to be the Chancellor. She declared the triumph seeing the outcome.

Actually, however, the rise of far-right AfD brought a worry to Germany. It is for the first time for AfD to acquire the seat of parliament. A considerable amount of German people refuse immigrants, especially who are Muslim. Merkel never makes a coalition with AfD. But instead, she has to choose other parties to be an ally for the majority.

Indeed, the price of Euro rapidly fell after the election, maybe reflecting the worry about political instability in Germany.

Thanks to this result, this year will not be the year of far-right policy in Europe. But the future is quite uncertain.