CDU and CSU likely to retain power in Hesse and Bavaria, highlighting discontent with chancellor’s coalition
Germany’s opposition conservatives have held ground in the key states of Hesse and Bavaria in elections that highlighted discontent with Olaf Scholz’s centre-left government amid worries about economic slowdown and migration.
The results in the states, which together account for about a fifth of the German population, may well heighten tensions in the chancellor’s awkward federal coalition of his Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP).
