Five-Per-Cent Threshold: Afd and Union Cdu

five-per-cent threshold: She is now shifting to the right in an attempt to win next September's German federal election, according to The Chronicle Herald. The AfD is the first populist party likely to clear the five-per-cent threshold required to land seats in the Bundestag. Clearly, the right-wing Alternative for Germany AfD is nipping at her heels. In recent state elections, it has siphoned votes from Merkel's Christian Democratic Union CDU after capitalising on anger in parts of the German electorate over her liberal refugee policy. Though Merkel's party remains the frontrunner, the AfD is currently polling at about 12 per cent nationally. It now has seats in 10 of Germany's 16 states. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.