Berlin (AP) - chancellor Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel) joint high-profile state election of failure is a strike, because her German leaders seeking a third term in the later this year. But it is far less clear against established on the narrow victory and the overthrow of the popular conservative.
The opposition out of social Democrats and greens from the sports in Sunday's election, Angela merkel center-right coalition won the single most of the seats in the legislation. This is a major test of the parliamentary elections before, this is due in September.
Merkel said: "failure damage, the more", it is so close, but emphasized on how to close to her to win the league and adhere to the victory, seem to see the dawn of the "impossible", a few months ago. She said that her Christian democratic union met with Monday's leaders, "is also a good news, we can win."
However, the governor of the sports between lost his job, despite his personal popularity - investigation shows, Angela merkel I is more popular than her and kiss the market free democratic alliance in the past three and a half years.
"Merkel is a no country queen" charged with Andre Nahles main opposition party, the secretary general of the social Democratic Party. "Originally, she can't transfer to virtual awareness survey streets."
Combining the Christian democratic union and liberal Democratic Party, reputable persistent faction, haven't won a state election, she won her second term in 2009 of the national vote, and now has lost control of the four states.
Merkel stressed that she still want a new noun combination, to ensure that the national - although she also made it clear that her party will pay more attention to expand their support.
The opposition campaign focused on Germany the gap between the rich and the poor in narrow, such as tax increases and crack down on tax evasion measures.
Merkel and her party in national polls have been strengthened, relatively strong economy, low unemployment and the headmaster's heart of stone European debt handling of the crisis. They also benefit from her social democratic challenger, George steinbrenner law grams of stumbling block performance, and free democratic government internal quarrel a lot of strange - especially in the party's unfinished for tax cuts.
Last Sunday, tactical conservative supporters to vote way to help free the Democrats need 5% approval rating won parliamentary seats - before the election poll showed that it may not be easily remove. However, ms merkel party down performance combination did not give enough votes to hold.
The result is "not a good foundation for the national campaign, LvNuo Chris Paul said:" in Berlin free university political scientists. "The President's popularity and recognized by people, the government of the distance between the work is so great that it will give me cause the attention of people."
The two sides will see Sunday's results as a reward to mobilize their supporters, Chris Paul's pointed out that the opposition alliance has helped a united front of the opportunity, "at the federal level is a little different" sports.
A hard, to the left of the competition, is in Germany's former communist east strong and that we did not participate in any government, the left party, hope to win the national sports seats, different - reduce most of the social Democratic Party and the opportunity.
The recent national polls show that most whether ms merkel center-right coalition, also does not have the main opposition party. This caused the possibility of Angela merkel, the party's always lead to public opinion polls - returns to the "grand coalition" with the social Democrats, she ran four years after Germany special 2005 elected. Combination middle-of-the-road voters support, but very popular, the supporters who don't like strong.
Merkel suggested that her party now will make greater efforts to support its support, and the liberal Democrats can't expect more favour. She said her party will not afraid emphasize differences and its partners, such as minimum wage is introduced.
"This will be a campaign, everyone for himself and his vote battle - perhaps is one of the sports teaching, should not have so much fear of the liberal Democratic Party disappear," she said. "This is important, we don't get ticket each other in the same field to expand foundation."



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