Merkel Sticks to Migrant Course After German State Elections

The nationalist, anti-migration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, powered into three state legislatures after campaigning against Merkel's welcome for last year's huge influx of migrants.

ABC News, --March 14, 2016

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Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she would stick to her course in Europe's migrant crisis following state elections that sent conflicting signals about Germans' opinion of her liberal approach and highlighted divisions in her conservative bloc.
Merkel acknowledged that Sunday's three elections, which produced painful losses for her conservative Christian Democratic Union, were dominated by the migrant issue and many voters believed there is "no conclusive and satisfactory solution." However, "I am firmly convinced, and that wasn't questioned today, that we need a European solution and that this solution needs time," Merkel said after party leaders met in Berlin. More...

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