GERMANY / EUROZONE : Is Hannelore Kraft...The Future Face Of Berlin?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gv8hbColJMcSKMG4E0UKeC6qomUA?docId=c6fdf6b2aa684b2c92405ef8176379ca


     Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling her party's embarrassing defeat in the populous, important...North Rhineland/Westphalia (NRW) industrial region...' a bitter, painful defeat.'
     Voter turnout was nearly 60%.
     It also elevates her leading opponent...and possible replacement...the SPD's Hannelore Kraft (above).

      But Merkel can't be dismissed easily. 
      She still holds a nationwide 61-69% approval rating.
      FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS :
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/spd-and-greens-strengthened-in-german-state-vote-a-833007.html