Merkel's party has suffered losses in regional elections 14.03.2016

The German Voters punished the conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in regional elections in three federal states on Sunday, condemning the open-door policy for refugees and strengthening support for anti-migrant party "Alternative for Germany" (ADH).

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Angela Merkel lost the position in all three states: Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.

"These results are a serious rebuke to Merkel and the most categorical protest vote which we have seen so far" - said Holger Schmieding of Berenberg Bank.

The result in the two western lands is the worst case scenario for Merkel, who took the risk by deciding to open the doors of Germany for more than 1 million migrants in the past year. However, most likely, she will still run for a new term, the fourth in a row, due to lack of significant competitors for the right to lead the party in a federal election next year.

In response to the fears of voters, Merkel promised to limit the influx of migrants in Germany and trying to convince Turkey to help, and EU partners to share the load. The number of refugees arriving in Germany has decreased in the last few weeks.

ADH already represented in five of the 16 state parliaments of Germany, took another three.

The highest support for it was in Saxony-Anhalt, where the party won 24.2 % of the votes.

ADH using slogans "Secure borders" and "Stop the chaos of asylum", for the first time became the second in any of the federal states.

"These election results were because of the fundamental problems in Germany", - said their leader – Frauke Petry.

The leader of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt has accused the Chancellor in the loss of votes.

"We can no longer ignore the problem at the federal level, which allowed ADH log in parliaments throughout Germany. We need solutions." - said Reiner Haseloff.