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Germany politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Merz's party stumbles into a year of German state elections with a narrow defeat

Chancellor Merz's CDU party suffered a narrow defeat in Baden-Württemberg's state election, losing to the environmentalist Greens who achieved an unexpected victory in this traditionally conservative industrial region.
SF politics
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Nationwide voter revolt over property taxes collides with reality that every other revenue source has been slashed already | Fortune

Multiple states are pursuing property tax cuts during election years, facing resistance over impacts on local government and school funding, reminiscent of California's 1978 Proposition 13.
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

State elections could spell doom of Germany's oldest party

The center-left Social Democrats (SPD), Germany's first political party, are struggling to muster their optimism in a year when five of Germany's 16 federal states are set to elect new parliaments. According to the latest opinion polls, the SPD could be voted out of power in two states that is has governed for decades. In two others, the SPD is polling in the single digits.
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US politics
fromSlate Magazine
4 months ago

Democrats Just Won Big in Races Across the Country. What Does That Mean for the Midterms?

Democrats secured major state victories, raising questions about implications for the 2022 midterms and whether they signal broader anti-Trump sentiment.
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