Merkel's CDU and rival SPD neck and neck in key regional election poll

Latest poll by German newspaper HAZ ahead of Lower Saxony election

• CDU 33.1%
• SPD 32.8%
• Greens 9.9%
• AFD 8.1%
• Free Democrats 8%
• Left Party 5.4%

The SPD currently rule the state along with the Green party.

he regional election takes place on 15 Oct and has additional significance given that it comes just days/weeks after the federal election.

Coalition talks are on-going but being hampered by neither side wanting to alienate themselves into the LS election.

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Merkel looking to run the SPD close in Lower Saxony election

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