“The Saar voted for the reds.” Social Democrat Anke Rehlinger remained very sober after the resounding victory of her party, the SPD, in the regional elections in Saarland, reports the Spiegel. It is, however, considered “the main craftswoman” of this electoral success, which confirms the popularity of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party.
In this small region of one million inhabitants, in western Germany, the Social Democratic Party obtained an absolute majority on Sunday March 27, with 29 seats and 43.5% of the vote. He prevailed over his Christian Democrat adversaries, “in command of the Land for twenty-three years”, but also on the Greens and the Liberals of the FDP, who won no seats in the new regional parliament. In addition to the Bundestag, eight of the sixteen German Länder are therefore now led by the Social Democrats.
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In Saarland, the campaign mainly revolved around Anke Rehlinger. At 45, this lawyer originated