⁍ Germany’s Christian Democrats were set for an election win in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday.
⁍ State Premier Armin Laschet took confidence from the victory as he seeks to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.
⁍ Laschet was aiming to increase the Christian Democrats’ lead over rivals in the local elections.
– Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, went to the polls Sunday for local elections, and the Christian Democrats, Angela Merkel’s ruling party, cruised to victory, reports Reuters. The CDU won 36.0% of the vote, down 1.5% from the last such election in 2014. The Social Democrats, Merkel’s party’s junior coalition partners, came in second with 23.5%, down 7.9 points, and the Greens third with 19.0%, up 7.3 points.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics/would-be-merkel-successor-laschet-emboldened-by-local-election-win-idUSKBN2640IW