Merkel`s Bavarian allies brace for bruising in state election
(The Guardian Germany)

Sunday´s poll likely to increase tensions within Germany´s fragile coalition government Angela Merkel´s Bavarian allies are heading for their worst state election result in more than 60 years in a regional vote on Sunday that is likely to increase tensions within Germany´s fragile coalition government.According to the latest polls, the Christian Social Union (CSU) should win around 34% of the vote, losing the absolute majority with which the centre-right party has controlled its south-eastern heartland for most of the post-war period. Continue reading...