German state election leaves Chancellor Scholz reeling | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is digesting a major defeat after his Social Democrats were comfortably beaten into second place in North Rhine-Westphalia. He now needs a favor from the surging Green Party.

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