她将建制共识误认为真正的温和，从而助长了对民粹右翼政党的需求。
By mistaking establishment consensus for true moderation, she helped create a demand for the populist right-wing party.
《华尔街日报》编辑评论：金·斯特拉塞尔、马修·康蒂内蒂和丹·亨宁格评述本周最佳与最差。德国正在发生一些奇怪的事情。仔细审视，其实并不那么奇怪。
Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Matthew Continetti and Dan Henninger. Something strange is happening in Germany On closer inspection, it isn’t so strange.
在9月20日的两场州选举中，德国的政治中心再次遭受打击。在梅克伦堡-前波莫瑞州，极右翼的德国选择党（AfD）赢得了38.3%的相对多数，而中右翼的基督教民主联盟（CDU）仅获得4.9%，这是自1949年以来该党在任何州选举中的最差战后成绩。在柏林，基民盟将第一的位置输给了东德共产党的继承者左翼党，而德国选择党则获得了超过16%的选票。两周前，德国选择党赢得了萨克森-安哈尔特州。在全国范围内，该党目前在多项民调中领先，支持率接近30%。
In two state elections on Sept. 20, Germany’s political center took another beating. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, won a 38.3% plurality, while the center-right Christian Democratic Union managed a mere 4.9%, its worst postwar result in any state election since 1949. In Berlin, the CDU lost first place to Die Linke, successor to the East German communists, while the AfD took more than 16%. Two weeks earlier, the AfD won Saxony-Anhalt. Nationally, it now leads several polls with support approaching 30%.