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Merkel's future is on the line as voters turn away from mainstram parties in state elections (Photo: CDU)

Merkel admits mistakes, sticks to refugee policy

After a second stinging defeat in two weeks at the ballot boxes, German chancellor Angela Merkel admitted some mistakes in her refugee policy, but did not reverse her decision to open doors to asylum seekers.

In her first speech since Sunday's local election in Berlin, Merkel on Monday (20 September) said she would turn back time if she could to better prepare for last year’s migrant wave.

"If I could, I would turn back the time by many, many years," Merkel said.

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Merkel's future is on the line as voters turn away from mainstram parties in state elections (Photo: CDU)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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