Tag: regional election

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Sunday regional vote in Germany could decide survival of a weakened Merkel coalition

  

  A Sunday regional election in Germany is closely scrutinized since the ruling coalition's survival much hangs 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.