Germany (Hesse regional election), Infratest dimap exit poll:— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) October 28, 2018
CDU-EPP: 28% (-10.5)
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 19.5% (+8.5)
SPD-S&D: 20% (-11.5)
AfD-EFDD: 12% (+8)
FDP-ALDE: 7.5% (+2.5)
LINKE-LEFT: 6.5% (+1.5)#hessenwahl2018 #HRWAHL #ltwhe18 #LtwHe #LtwHessen
DW: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives eke out win in Hesse election
Despite a large drop in support, the CDU has won the Hesse state regional poll, giving the chancellor some welcome breathing room. But the weakness of the political center in Germany remains glaringly obvious.
There were a couple of points of solace for Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as the first official projections were announced for Sunday's regional election.
The CDU's tally of roughly 28 percent may have been down some ten points compared with the last Hesse vote in 2013. But it was slightly better than pre-election polls had predicted and gives incumbent state premier and Merkel ally Volker Bouffier a mandate to form the next government.
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WNU editor: For German Chancellor Merkel and her coalition partners, this is nothing to cheer about. These are huge loses, and the big winners are the anti-immigration party AFD and the Greens.
