Merkel’s center-right party suffered clear defeats in two German state elections at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left

Kretschmann, 72, a fatherly figure with a conservative image, featured on Green election posters with the slogan “You know me.” Merkel once used that slogan in a pre-election debate to underline her own largely ideology-free appeal. Merkel has been outmerkeled.

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