German voters deal with Merkel's coalition another setback
German voters deal with Merkel's coalition another setback
The poor presence in Hesse, home to Germany's financial industry, exposes Ms. Merkel to a possible challenge to her leadership of the Christian Democratic Union, a possible step to replace her as chancellor.
Ms. Merkel's conservatives fell to 27% of the vote in Hesse, while the Social Democrats, junior coalition partners of the Chancellor in the federal government, fell to 19.8%, according to exit polls of the chain of ZDF television. In the last election, in 2013, the parties obtained 38.3% and 30.7% respectively.
The vote in Hesse marks the second major setback in recent weeks for both sides, which suffered similar losses in Bavaria earlier this month.
The results are likely to lend support to her rivals, Mrs. Merkel within her party, and increase the pressure to replace her as president at a party convention in December, according to Robin Alexander, a political journalist who wrote a best-selling book about Mrs. Merkel. decision to open the borders of the country to a large influx of asylum seekers in 2015.
They could also boost momentum among grassroots social democrats to leave the coalition in an attempt to stop the bleeding of votes. After the exit polls were published, Andrea Nahles, the Social Democratic leader, said he would make a series of proposals to improve the government's work and that the success of those efforts will determine if the party will remain in the coalition.
"Federal policy has contributed to these losses. The state of the coalition is not acceptable, "Nahles told a news conference, saying that his party's continued participation in the government would depend on the implementation of a new" binding roadmap "for the coalition to present in the next days.
A woman voted on Sunday in state elections in Hesse, which houses one of Europe's most important financial centers, Frankfurt.
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Both parties have seen their ratings fall since the federal election in September 2017. Last week, an Emnid poll across the country found that Ms. Merkel's conservative bloc has been reduced to an historic support minimum of 24% , 32.9%, while the Social Democrats fell from 20.5% to 15%.
Hesse, home to approximately six million people, is currently governed by a coalition between the conservatives and the Greens, who almost doubled their 2013 result and are projected to win 19.8% of the vote. The Social Democrats are not part of the ruling coalition in Hesse.
The coalition in Hesse could continue with a majority of only one seat in parliament.
According to the exit poll, the alternative for Germany's anti-immigrant party, known as AfD, is projected to triple its 2013 share to 13% in Hesse, and then be represented in Germany's 16 regional parliaments, as well as in the Assembly Federal.
Hesse, a prosperous region that hosts one of Europe's main financial centers, Frankfurt, has full employment, with unemployment of only 4.4%, below the national average.
However, despite its success, Hesse has become the last state to be enveloped by the polarization of German politics that has disrupted the party system since the 2015 migration crisis.
"The voters here were very satisfied, but we did not have any chance against the hurricane that blows in his face from Berlin," said Volker Bouffier, the interim prime minister of Hesse and local leader of the CDU. "We need fewer fights in Berlin, or better yet none at all."
The political turmoil has severely diminished the conservatives and social democrats of Mrs. Merkel, who have governed in the so-called Grand Coalition since 2013, while the parties of the right and left, such as the AfD and the Greens, continue to increase.
The political turmoil has severely diminished the conservatives and social democrats of Mrs. Merkel, who have governed in the so-called Grand Coalition since 2013, while the parties of the right and left, such as the AfD and the Greens, continue to increase.
Merkel said last week that you should not "waste" more time discussing the events of 2015.
But as a sign of growing rebellion, one of its main rivals of leadership, health care minister Jens Spahn, appeared on television Sunday night after the polls were closed in Hesse to say the party had to find new ways to recover your strength before. The leadership elections of December.
"We must strive to hold debates and not try to close them," Spahn said.
Write to Bojan Pancevski in bojan.pancevski@wsj.com
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