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Results of Regional Elections in Germany Affected by Migration Issue

© AP Photo / Michael SohnSupporters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) hold umbrellas in front of a giant portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an election campaign event in front of the party's headquarter in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013.
Supporters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) hold umbrellas in front of a giant portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an election campaign event in front of the party's headquarter in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. - Sputnik International
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Federal state elections to regional parliaments in Germany were heavily influenced by the current European migration crisis, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

BERLIN (Sputnik) — The issue of migration has affected the results of recent Germany's federal state elections to regional parliaments, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Three German federal states, namely the western states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as in Saxony-Anhalt in the east, held elections to regional parliaments on Sunday. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union has lost votes in all three federal states.

"The fact that the issue [of migration] does not have any final satisfactory solution yet has significantly affected the results of the elections," the chancellor said.

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel, attends a party board meeting in Berlin, Germany March 14, 2016. - Sputnik International
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