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The chancellor's party, which has been the leading government coalition voice for the last decade, lost seats in all three regional elections in what is being viewed as a rebuke over Germany's 'open door' policy for Syrian refugees, widely criticised by right wingers.
News outlets around the world have been reporting Merkel's setback – but a quote from AfD party leader in Saxony-Anhalt, Andre Poggenburg, is grabbing everyone's attention for the wrong reasons.
In a victory speech, Poggenburg said the results had been an “amazing evening”:
We fought like lions for your land… [Angela Merkel is] the worst chancellor in the history of Germany.