"The German chancellor's conservative CDU had enjoyed a double-digit lead in the south-western car production region of Baden-Wurttemberg just weeks ago but the Greens and their charismatic candidate Cem Ozdemir eked out a half-point-margin win in Sunday's poll with 30.2%."
"The surprise Greens triumph is expected to make Ozdemir, a former federal cabinet minister and party co-chair, Germany's first state premier from the large Turkish diaspora community, more than half a century after the first guest workers arrived."
"The far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party zeroed in on deindustrialisation fears in the state's automobile heartland, home to Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, and nearly doubled its score from the last election five years ago to almost 19% its best ever in a weste"
Friedrich Merz's CDU suffered a significant defeat in Baden-Württemberg's state election, losing to the Greens despite holding a double-digit lead weeks prior. The Greens' candidate Cem Özdemir won with 30.2%, a narrow half-point margin victory. Özdemir, whose parents immigrated from Turkey in the 1960s, is poised to become Germany's first state premier from the Turkish diaspora community and would continue the decade-long Greens-CDU coalition. He succeeds retiring Green leader Winfried Kretschmann after 15 years. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party capitalized on deindustrialization concerns in the automobile-dependent region, nearly doubling its previous support to approximately 19%, marking its strongest western German performance. Merz acknowledged the defeat and emphasized the need for substantial economic reforms.
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