Merkel loses key state election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have lost the key state of Baden-Wuerttemberg after six decades, the BBC reported.
Monday, 28.03.2011.
12:22
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have lost the key state of Baden-Wuerttemberg after six decades, the BBC reported. The results gave the Greens 24.2% and their Social Democrat allies 23.1%, with Mrs Merkel's party on 39% and its Free Democrat (FDP) allies on 5.3%. Merkel loses key state election Nuclear power, following the accident in Japan, was a key issue. The vote in the wealthy south-western state was seen as a referendum on Merkel's rule. If the Greens do go into coalition with the Social Democrats, it will be the first time they have held power in a state. In another state election on Sunday, in Rhineland-Palatinate, preliminary results showed another huge boost for the Greens. They were reported to have trebled their vote to 15.4%, meaning that the Social Democrats, who were set to fall 9.9 percentage points to 35.7%, would need them for a coalition. The Christian Democrats rose 2.5 points to 35.3%, the initial results showed. The FDP, led by Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, fell below the 5% needed to gain any representation in the state. The voting (Beta/AP)
Merkel loses key state election
Nuclear power, following the accident in Japan, was a key issue.The vote in the wealthy south-western state was seen as a referendum on Merkel's rule.
If the Greens do go into coalition with the Social Democrats, it will be the first time they have held power in a state.
In another state election on Sunday, in Rhineland-Palatinate, preliminary results showed another huge boost for the Greens.
They were reported to have trebled their vote to 15.4%, meaning that the Social Democrats, who were set to fall 9.9 percentage points to 35.7%, would need them for a coalition.
The Christian Democrats rose 2.5 points to 35.3%, the initial results showed.
The FDP, led by Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, fell below the 5% needed to gain any representation in the state.
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