Heavy Election Losses Likely to End CSU's Lone Rule in Bavaria

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Source: Deutsche Welle

Bavaria's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) suffered heavy losses in Sunday's state elections that will likely end the party's decades-long rule without a coalition partner.

Projections showed the CSU, sister party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), polling around 43.5 percent of the vote in its worst showing in half a century. The CSU has held an absolute majority in Bavaria since 1962 and won 60.7 percent of the vote in the last state election in 2004.

CSU Secretary General Christine Haderthauer said the disastrous result was a black day for the party which had ruled unchallenged for more than 40 years and will now be forced to look for a coalition partner.

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Helps to offset the conservative gains in Austria.

[snake in the grass]

1. This is such good news.

The CSU is a reactionary, corrupt, racist, homophobic, oppressive, pro-family, pro-life, catholic party which deserves this like no other mainstream party in Germany. They are the Bavarian version of the nationwide CDU, just more repressive. As always, Bavarians like to think they are more privileged than the rest of the country (Germans say, they want an extra sausage), but as Edmund Stoiber attempted to become Chancellor, he was sent back to Munich (hopefully, Palin will experience the same although Stoiber has more intelligence in his little finger than Palin has in general). I am so happy to hear this.

[foxfeet]

2. Ausgezeichnet! Fabelhaft! Wunderbar!

and FINALLY.