German election 2017 latest shock: Angela Merkel booed as voters tell her to ‘get lost!’

The German Chancellor faced a barrage of loud
protestors during her pre-election tour, as she stopped
to give a speech to crowds of around 4,000 people at
Bergisch-Gladbach.
For about 40 minutes the CDU boss talked freely about
her vision of a Germany, where everyone can "live
comfortably again.”
In her speech she said: ”This is what makes united
Germany what it is today.
“Not only the freedom to criticise everything and
everyone, but also the freedom to do something for
others.”
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Her comments came just two days ahead of the
second anniversary of Mrs Merkel announcing all
Syrian asylum seekers are welcome to remain in
Germany, regardless of which European Union country
they had first set foot in.
The announcement meant Germany became the first
state in the 28-member bloc to suspend the 1990
Dublin Regulation, which forces refugees to seek
asylum in the first country they enter.
And her decision was widely criticised by many within
Germany and across the continent, as Mrs Merkel
faced accusations of contributing to the migrant crisis
with her open door policy.
Several anti-immigration protestors at Mrs Merkel’s
rally at Bergisch-Gladbach on Tuesday made it clear
they had not forgotten the controversial policy.
Angela Merkel addresses an election campaign rally
A group of right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD)
protested loudly with whistles as they disturbed the
Chancellor's speech with loud boos and shouts of "get
lost!".
The CDU election campaign team are well used to
boos during their tour of Germany a month before the
Spetember 24 election.
It comes after Mrs Merkel was branded a "traitor to
the nation" as she was faced with anti-immigration
protestors at a rally in Annaberg, in eastern Germany
last Friday.
Angela Merkel talked freely about her vision of a
Germany
The rally was hijacked by a crowd of protestors from
the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the
anti-migrant Pegida movement.
More than 150 protestors descended on the rally
chanting "not my chancellor", as they waved banners
reading "get out of here" and "traitor to the nation".
The group also held signs reading "regime change in
Germany" and "CDU - we are destroying Germany".
One month before voters go to the ballot box, the left-
leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) is languishing
on around 24 percent support, polls show - far behind
Merkel's conservatives bloc, on some 38 percent

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