Merz's CDU returns to power in Rhineland-Palatinate after 35 years

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2026-05-18

Mainz, Germany (dpa) - A politician from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party was elected on Monday to lead the government of the wine-producing state of Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time in 35 years. Gordon Schnieder, 50, was elected to lead a coalition of the CDU and the Social Democrats (SPD) - the same political configuration in place in the federal government in Berlin. The state CDU leader re......

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