Sunday, October 14, 2018

Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies lose majority in crushing vote, early results show

 Wealthy Bavaria braces for seismic shift after decades of single-party rule

Partial results from Bavaria's state election Sunday show the ruling Christian Social Union is losing its majority in a humiliating performance that is likely to rattle German Chancellor Angela Merkel's fragile "grand coalition" government.

The Christian Social Union, or CSU -- the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's conservative Christian Democrat Union, or CDU -- has dominated politics in the state since the end of World War II, ruling for all but three years for nearly seven decades.
 
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