German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference on September 19, 2016 in Berlin, one day after a regional election.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party was reeling after another stinging poll loss, as an upstart populist party poached votes in a Berlin state election by railing against her liberal refugee policy. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL        (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)