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Hesse election: Merkel facing double trouble in German vote
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 28, 2018 08:37am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Jenny Hill |
| News Date | Saturday, October 27, 2018 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rarely is a regional election so closely scrutinised. But then rarely does so much hang upon the outcome of a state vote.
Even before the first voters set foot in Hesse's polling stations, it is widely accepted that what happens in Hesse will have consequences in Berlin - for the German government and perhaps even for the German leader herself.
Angela Merkel's party is expected to suffer humiliating losses on Sunday. The CDU leads a coalition government with the Green party in Hesse.
If the party does as badly as polls suggest, that alliance will no longer be viable and the state prime minister, Merkel loyalist Volker Bouffier, who has ruled the region since 2010, may be out of a job. |
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