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Merkel's CDU suffers record defeat in regional elections
By EUobserver
Germany's Christian Democrats slumped to record defeats in two regional votes on Sunday after a muddled coronavirus response, dealing a setback to the party which faces federal elections in September without chancellor Angela Merkel, Reuters reports. In Baden-Wuerttemberg, the Greens won 31.4 percent of the vote and the CDU 23.4 percent, projections showed. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the CDU led in opinion polls until last month but secured only 26.9 percent.