Merkel’s coalition loses state vote

Germany’s centre-left opposition won a wafer-thin victory over chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition in a major state election, dealing her a setback as she seeks a third term in office.

Merkel’s coalition loses state vote

Germany’s centre-left opposition won a wafer-thin victory over chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition in a major state election, dealing her a setback as she seeks a third term in office.

The opposition coalition of Social Democrats and Greens won a single-seat majority in the state legislature in Lower Saxony, a region of eight million people in north-western Germany, last night.

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