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Polls: left-leaning alliance could oust Merkel's conservatives in Saarland
Published Mon, Mar 20, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Saarbruecken, Germany
WHEN voters head to the polls in the German state of Saarland later this month, they are likely to deliver an upset to Chancellor Angela Merkel that could be a foretaste of September's national election.
One of Germany's smallest states, Saarland is - like federal Germany - governed by a "grand coalition" of Mrs Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD).
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