Despite their terrible result in a place that was once an SPD stronghold, Germany’s centre-left party say they can still win the vote that really counts: North Rhine-Westphalia
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskThe centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Daniel Günther, the incumbent state premier, won 43.4% of the vote in Schleswig-Holstein, up more than 11 percentage points on the previous election. TheSPDfwhich was kicked out of a state parliament for the first time in its history , as it failed to meet the 5% threshold for gaining any seats. It was a happier day for the Green Party, also in the ruling national coalition, with 18.
, which governed there continuously for 39 years, from 1966 until 2005. Since then it has been a swing state. In 2017 thes Hannelore Kraft, the incumbent. But Mr Laschet stepped down as state premier last year after his resounding defeat in the general election, in which he was the’s candidate for the chancellorship. He picked Hendrik Wüst, his transport minister, as his successor.
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