Party Merkel wins in Schleswig-Holstein

The party of Chancellor Angela Merkel stalled in a victory in the Schleswig-Holstein state elections.

The SPD, which is in the northern state in a government with the Greens and the regional SSW, suffered a definite defeat by 26 percent. The Greens and SSW also lost The SSW remains 3 percent below the 5 percent voting threshold, like the Pirates and Die Linke. The right-populated Alternative für Deutschland seems to just come across the threshold.