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An election campaign placard of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) top candidate and outgoing state governor David McAllister is seen upside down on a truck as workers load the placard of Social Democratic Party (SPD) election winner Stephan Weil, the day after the state elections of Lower Saxony in Hanover January 21, 2013. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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Merkel loses regional election battle, but war not over
Last Sunday is one to forget for Angela Merkel. In a super-tight race, her conservative CDU and the free-market FDP lost its majority in the parliament of Lower Saxony. After ten years of conservative rule, one of Germany’s biggest regions will fall to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. This will give Merkel’s challenger for the country’s leadership a much-needed psychological boost.
