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The recent elections in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) have produced a great result for the German Social Democratic party (SPD) and a crushing defeat for Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). After a dozen years, and with a vote share of 39.1%, the SPD has re-emerged as the strongest party in Germany’s most populous state. The CDU, on the other hand, [...]
Social Europe Journal Editorial Board member Dr Angelica Schwall-Dueren has been appointed as Europe Minister in the new government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state. The whole Social Europe Journal team would like to congratulate Angelica. We know you will do a great job! More info about Angelica and her new post can be found here [...]
The election in Germany’s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia yesterday produced the second electoral cliffhanger in Europe in a week. The governing conservative-liberal coalition suffered a crushing defeat with the CDU losing more than 10 percentage points compared to the last election. It however narrowly defended its position as strongest party (with 34,6% of the [...]
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