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German state votes in election-year test for Merkel


Photo: Sebastien Bozon/AFPGerman voters go to the polls on Sunday in tiny Saarland state where a resurgent centre-left hopes to strike a first blow in their battle to topple Chancellor Angela Merkel this year. The SPD, having long played second fiddle to Merkel in a national right-left grand coalition, has been re-energised since the folksy and plain-spoken Schulz became its leader in January. Her SPD challenger is depuuty premier Anke Rehlinger, 40, who happens to hold the state record in shot put (16.03 metres). Merkel, 62, has warned local voters that "red-red or red-red-green experiments should be avoided" and urged them to stick with the CDU's "path of success". Lafontaine, who later defected to the Linke party, has campaigned with posters that promise "We've paid enough -- now it's the turn of the rich".


Source: The Local March 26, 2017 03:45 UTC



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