Monday, October 29, 2018

More losses for Berlin coalition

The elections in the German state of Hessen yesterday proved more disappointment for the Berlin CDU/CSU and SPD coalition.

The CDU vote decreased by 10.9 per cent and the SPD lost 11.1 per cent of its voters.

The big winners were the Green Party and the far-right AfD.

The AfD is now represented in all 16 state parliaments in Germany.

The Left Party, Die Linke, also marginally increased its vote as did the FDP, Liberal Party.

Wiesbaden is the capital city of Hessen. The major cities in the state include Frankfurt-am-Main, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Bad Homburg. Russelsheim, the home of Opel, is also in the state. And Kassel in the north of Hessen is one of the major crossroads on the German rail network.

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