Bavarian conservatives´ immigration policies cost them the election
(The Guardian Germany)

Tracking right to lure AfD voters while rocking the boat in the coalition government turned off moderate GermansIt is, as Der Spiegel said, as if the all-conquering Bayern München, Germany´s most successful ever football club, had been ignominiously relegated - but with rather more far-reaching consequences.The CSU, the sister party of Angela Merkel´s CDU, has dominated Bavarian politics for six decades, winning absolute majorities in 12 of the last 13 elections. And it has not done a bad job: the well-heeled home state of BMW and Siemens has the highest employment and lowest crime rate in the country. Continue reading...