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| Merkel's Allies Win Big in Bavaria Vote | |
| 2013-09-16 | |
| [An Nahar] German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... 's Bavarian allies scored a resounding win in a state vote Sunday, estimates showed, giving her a strong boost one week ahead of a general election. The conservative ruling Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of Merkel's Christian Democrats, captured an absolute majority of seats in the regional parliament with 49-percent of the vote, according to preliminary results on public television.
"This is a beautiful day for the CSU," federal agriculture minister Ilse Aigner, a leading member of the party, told public broadcaster ARD. Merkel campaigned heavily in the state's world-famous beer tents, pointing out that a big win in Bavaria would lend momentum to her bid for a third term at the helm of Europe's top economic power. National polls give Merkel's conservatives an around 14-point lead over the main opposition Social Democrats (SPD), who scored about 21 percent in Bavaria, historically a conservative state. An SPD leader, Andrea Nahles, put a positive shine on the result. "We are the only opposition party that made gains," she told news hounds. "I think we have a very exciting week ahead of ourselves. We've shown that we were able to make some progress in recent days." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Smart money would be on someone form our feckless gov't visiting Munich and finding out how they [the Bavarians] are ACHIEVING 3.8%. Of course when failure is disguised as success.... not likely to happen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-16 10:39 |
| #1 Unemployment in Bavaria is about 3.8% (Germany 6.8 %). We're doing well. That's why the Reds must be happy with 20% of the votes. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-09-16 10:27 |