Germany’s center-left coalition suffered defeats in recent regional elections in two pivotal conservative regions. Exit polls show conservative parties won. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) ranked second. In Bavaria, the second largest economy in the country, the coalition’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) didn’t reach the needed 5% to stay in Parliament. Here, the Christian […]
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