Merkel Jeered by Immigration Foes in Biggest Campaign Unrest Yet
- German chancellor shouts over whistles of protesters in east
- Tells them they ‘only shout’ without offering solutions
Bloomberg’s Matt Miller discusses coming elections in Germany and the popularity of Angela Merkel. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on 'Bloomberg Surveillance.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down the largest group of protesters of her election campaign, defending her open-borders refugee policy while chastising raucous right-wing demonstrators as people who do nothing but shout.
Demonstrators in the eastern German town of Annaberg-Buchholz held up signs reading “Not My Chancellor” and accusing Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of “destroying Germany.” Many blew whistles and jeered throughout her speech on Thursday on the town square, and some waved campaign signs of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party.