Angela Merkel's forces score a morale-boosting win in the Bavarian state election, but it's not enough to dispel the underlying risk that the electoral system is posing for her next Sunday.
Category: Germany
If you’re not sick of elections yet …
Germany votes in two weeks time on the fate of Angela Merkel's government. The result will depend in part on a quirk of the country's otherwise very democratic electoral system – a system which, incidentally, would have produced a rather different result last weekend in Australia.
Cliffhanger election boosts Germany’s liberals
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats went down to defeat in a cliffhanger state election in Germany yesterday. But it's not all bad news for them, since a liberal revival is a good omen for their national prospects.
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