Germany: 'Knife-Edge' State Election Could Curb Merkel's Power, Spiegel Online (2010)
An election on May 9 in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, could transform the country's political landscape and weaken Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose conservative Christian Democrats have been hit by revelations of funding irregularities.
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