BERLIN—Voters in Saarland, one of Germany’s smallest states, were going to the polls Sunday in an election that is drawing unusual attention as a test of sentiment ahead of a national vote in September. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has ruled the sparsely populated state, which borders both France and Luxembourg, for 18 years. But a re-energized center-left under a fresh leader is raising the stakes and injecting a...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 26, 2017 08:03 UTC