Green surge in Germany puts Angela Merkel's coalition under fire

Centrist parties including chancellor’s CDU fare badly as Greens hit historic high of 20.5%

Historic losses for Germany’s two governing parties and a Green surge in Sunday’s European elections have ratcheted up the pressure on Angela Merkel’s embattled coalition government.

Both of the country’s established centrist parties slumped to their worst result in the postwar era as voters from each side of the political divide switched support to a buoyant Green party, emboldening critics who would like to pull the plug on the current power-sharing arrangement in Berlin.

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