Berlin 25 Sep (ANA) - Germany's right-wing, nationalist AfD party has vowed to fight "an invasion of foreigners" into the country, after winning its first parliamentary seats. "We want a different policy," co-leader Alexander Gauland said following the historic surge. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term but her conservative CDU/CSU bloc received its worst result in almost 70 years. Mrs Merkel is beginning negotiations to form a new coalition government. Her bloc's current coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), say they will go into opposition after historic losses. The AfD's campaign capitalised on a backlash over Mrs Merkel's decision to open Germany's borders to migrants and refugees in 2015. Its success has shocked Germany's political establishment, and protests against the anti-Islam party have been held in several cities following the election result. Election results graph: CDU-CSU: 33%; SPD: 20.5%; AfD: 12.6%; FDP: 10.7%; Left: 9.2%; Greens: 8.9%. "One million people, foreigners, being brought into this country are taking away a piece of this country and we as AfD don't want that," Mr Gauland told a news conference on Monday. "We say I don't want to lose Germany to an invasion of foreigners from a different culture. Very simple."(ANA)

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