EPA 2012-05-13 21:10:13 State Elections in North Rhine-Westphalia - Pirate Party
Top candidate of the Pirate Party Joachim Paul speaksm after the announcement of the first projections of the results of the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in Duesseldorf, Germany, 13 May 2012. Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats plunged to 26 per cent in a German regional election Sunday in North Rhine Westphalia state, two television exit polls showed. Merkel's main rivals, the Social Democrats (SPD), won 38 to 39 per cent of the votes, securing their control of the state government in alliance with the Green Party (12 per cent), according to the exit polls for ARD and ZDF public television respectively. EPA/DANIEL NAUPOLD
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