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Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer, a top Social Democrat candidate, is holding flowers after her party’s victory. Next to her is Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, the GSDP’s candidate for chancellor. PHOTO: Reuters
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The HDZ suffered two heavy losses in the regional elections
Poor management of the coronavirus crisis and recent scandals involving abuses in the supply of masks have dealt a severe blow to Angela Merkel’s party in Sunday’s regional elections. The German Christian Democrats suffered devastating defeats in two German provinces.
Six months before the federal parliamentary elections, that is
slap for the boss
of the party
Armin Lachet and
his chance to
become chancellor
when Merkel retired in September, Reuters reported.
The British Daily Mail commented that the results of the Chancellor’s party were the worst in regional elections since World War II and that it was a great humiliation for her. The Sun is even more extreme, calling the loss of the HDZ a “bloodbath.”
Preliminary studies have shown support for the CDU, but the growing sense that Germany is failing to control the coronavirus infection and that vaccination is too slow has reversed public attitudes. In the state of Baden-Württemberg
The greens
increased
the advantage
you are. They are in first place with 31.4 percent and the HDZ is in second place with 23.4 percent, which is a decrease compared to the 27 percent they received in the previous elections in 2016.
The rise of environmentalists is largely due to the popularity of “green” Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann, who has ruled the province for 10 years. There are many who, after this election result, predict his chancellor’s ambitions in September. “It is
superstart
on one
superelectorial
year ”,
said Green Party co-chair Robert Habeck.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, the German Social Democratic Party (GSDP) won more than 35.5 percent of the vote, while the HDZ received 26.9 percent, according to Reuters. Olaf Scholz, the GSDP’s candidate for chancellor, said the results were a “good day” for his party. “It’s a good day because it also shows that it’s possible
compilation
of government
and without Christians
democrats
Many things are possible and I want to become Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. And today it was seen that this could happen, “said Scholz, who is finance minister in Merkel’s cabinet.
Amid fears of a third coronavirus wave, the CDU’s reputation has deteriorated in the past two weeks, when several of its lawmakers have been embroiled in public mask scandal scandals, with two forced to resign.
“It simply came to our notice then
the dishonest
behavior and
shamelessness
of individual
deputies
created a lot of tension in the election campaign, “said HDZ Secretary General Paul Tsimyak. According to a national survey, the popularity of the CDU has dropped from 40% last June to 33% this month.
The election results in both provinces open up coalition alliances between the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Free Democratic Party, and increase the likelihood of similar coalitions in the September federal elections.
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