Race wide open as Germany votes in post-Merkel election
The Hindu
Opinion polls show the race for the chancellery headed for a photo finish, with Angela Merkel's CDU-CSU conservative alliance on around 23%.
Germany was voting Sunday in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political stage.
The epochal election ushers in the end of 16 years in power for Ms. Merkel and thrusts Germany, a byword for stability, into a new period of political uncertainty.
Opinion polls show the race for the chancellery headed for a photo finish, with Ms. Merkel's CDU-CSU conservative alliance on around 23%, just behind the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on 25 % — well within the margin of error.
