Merkel’s party defeats Social Democrats in state election

Bloomberg

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party won a state election in northern Germany, according to projections based on exit polls, handing her Social Democratic challengers their second straight defeat at the polls before the nation votes in September. The German leader’s Christian Democratic Union took 33 percent of the vote on Sunday to 26 percent for the Social Democratic Party, a new sign that it’s lost the early momentum sparked by its nomination of Martin Schulz, a former European Parliament president, to run against Merkel in the fall. The Green party took 13.5%, the Free Democrats 11.5% etc.