German Elections today: German Conservatives Suffer Key Losses

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Thankfully, the idiot in Hessen: Koch, was defeated!

German Conservatives Suffer Loses in Key State Election
The elections in Lower Saxony (left) and Hesse indicate the mood in the country

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) suffered major loses in a key vote in the state of Hesse, exit polls indicated. But it is not yet clear which governing coalition might be formed.

Led by Merkel ally and incumbent Premier Roland Koch, who ran a controversial campaign focused on crime and immigration, the CDU took 36.5 percent of the vote, down from 49 percent in 2003, an exit poll for German public broadcaster ZDF showed.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3091972,00.html

[Joanne98]

1. YAY!

[Eurobabe]

2. A new day is coming....

can you feel the wave? :headbang:

[notadmblnd]

3. I don't know anything about German politics. Who was his opposition

and what's their background?

[Eurobabe]

4. Main competition was SPD, the reds, Andrea Ypsilanti

a woman from Hessen. Now the Reds will form a coalition with the Yellows (FDP) they won second highest majority of seats.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has suffered losses in two regional elections. In the state of Hesse, incumbent premier Roland Koch secured 36.8 percent of the vote, down from his 49-percent victory in 2003. His party remains strongest by a slim margin, ahead of Social Democratic (SPD) rival Andrea Ypsilanti with 36.7 percent. Koch had run a divisive campaign highlighting crime committed by non-German youths. The day's other election, in Lower Saxony, saw CDU Premier Christian Wulff win 42.5 percent. This is down from 48.3 percent in 2003, but sufficient to hold on to power with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Both Koch and Wulff are seen as potential heirs to chancellor Merkel. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,1429,00.html