BERLIN (AP) — A major German state is voting Sunday in an election that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left party hopes will bring some relief from poor recent nationwide poll showings as the country faces high inflation and worries about energy supplies this winter. Recent polls there have shown Scholz’s Social Democrats a few points ahead of the center-right Christian Democrats, the main opposition party at the national level. In Lower Saxony, the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats have governed together for the past five years. Polls show the third party in Scholz’s national government, the pro-business Free Democrats, right on the 5% support threshold needed to remain in the state legislature in Hannover. Recent national surveys have shown the Social Democrats behind the Christian Democrats and sometimes the Greens, and the Free Democrats polling poorly.

Source: The Star October 09, 2022 07:01 UTC