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German State Elections: Opposition Seen Winning Major Vote In North Rhine-Westphalia
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Contributor | Karma Policeman |
Last Edited | Karma Policeman May 13, 2012 12:32pm |
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Category | General |
Author | Geir Moulson |
Media | Website - Huffington Post |
News Date | Sunday, May 13, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | BERLIN — Voters in Germany's most populous state strengthened a center-left regional government which Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives sought to portray as irresponsibly spendthrift, and inflicted an embarrassingly heavy defeat Sunday on the German leader's party, projections showed.
The center-left Social Democrats and Greens – Germany's main opposition parties – won combined support of about 51 percent in the election in North Rhine-Westphalia state, according to ARD television based on exit polls and early counting.
That would be enough to give them a majority in the state legislature, which they narrowly missed in the last regional election two years ago. |
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