Tarek al-Wazir is not an obvious figure to be the man who brings down Angela Merkel. The son of a Yemeni immigrant father and a German mother, he backed her “open-door” refugee policy even when her own party rebelled against it.
But if the polls are right, he is set to lead the Green Party to a stunning upset when Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital, votes at the weekend – and already there are warnings that it could leave the German chancellor facing the collapse of her coalition or a leadership challenge from within her own party.
“We are getting votes from people who usually don’t even bother with politics,” Mr Wazir said. “They’re unhappy with the populism that is sweeping Europe and they…
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