Forex.com hikes EUR pair margins ahead of German elections

Forex.com, one of the retail forex brokerages of Gain Capital, announced it is temporarily increasing the margin requirements on the EUR forex pairs in order to protect its clients from potential market volatility around the upcoming general elections in Germany.(https://www.forexbrokerz.com/news/Forexcom-hikes-EUR-pair-margins-ahead-of-German-elections)

Even though the outcome of the elections appears predetermined with a stable lead of the ruling coalition of Angela Merkel, a surprise is never impossible and it could affect the markets and the Euro rate significantly.

Are there any other brokers planning to do that?

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Hope that the coalition of Angela Merkel will lose.. and we will earn a lot of profits from the volatile market around the elections :) Good luck!!

Many more brokers do decrease leverage
I hope they at least announce it