Joint List congratulates Merkel, warns of rising xenophobia in Germany

25 September 2017, 3:58 pm

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The Joint (Arab) List congratulates Angela Merkel on her reelection as Chancellor of Germany, and warns of the rise of xenophobia after the vote saw a hard-right opposition party make significant gains.

“We congratulate our comrades of Die Linke, whose campaign for equality and peace has led to an increase of their share of the vote from 8.6% to 9.2% in the federal elections yesterday,” the party says in an English-language statement.

“A strong progressive camp is especially important considering the success of the AfD: For the first time an overtly xenophobic party will send representatives to the Bundestag, people who tolerate Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and pursue an openly nationalistic agenda.”