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muriel_volestrangler

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2. Overall, it looks like a swing to the right

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed May 17, 2017, 08:15 AM

May 2017

centre-right CDU up; centre-left SPD down. Free-market liberal FDP up; Greens down. Left Party up, but not enough to get a seat; far-right AfD came 4th, getting more than the Greens. The Pirates lost all their seats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_election,_2017

I suppose the good news is that the AfD won't be in any coalition. The 100 seats needed for a majority can be CDU and FDP.

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Fingers crossed shenmue May 2017 #1

Overall, it looks like a swing to the right muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #2