Sunday, May 13, 2012

Merkel's CDU Trounced In Most Populous State Elections Over Austerity; Pirates Strong

Another weekend, another stunner in local European elections, this time as Merkel's CDU gets a record low vote in the state elections of Germany's most populous state North Rhein-Westphalia. According to a preliminary projections by ARD, the breakdown is as follows:

SPD:39%
CDU: 26%
Greens:12%
Pirates: 7.5%
FDP: 8.5%
Left:2.5%

Good news: no neo-nazis. Bad news: record defeat for the Chancellor. And the bext news for twitter fans: Angela_D_Merkel ist aus. Hannelore Kraft:

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