Merkel support slips as attacks put spotlight on migrant policy


  • World
  • Friday, 12 Aug 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Approval ratings for German Chancellor Angela Merkel fell sharply last month, a poll showed on Friday, in the second sign of a voter backlash to her refugee policy since Islamist militant attacks in Germany last month.

With just over a year before a federal election, the poll for public broadcaster ZDF gave conservative Merkel an approval rating of 1.0, down from 1.4 in July on a scale of 5.0 to -5.0.

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