The Social Democrats, the party of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, have emerged as the strongest force in regional elections in the state of Lower Saxony. The environmentalist Greens and the far-right AfD also made gains.Voters in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony cast their ballots on Sunday in a regional election amid an acute energy crisis and a looming recession.
Provisional results showed Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by incumbent Premie... moreThe Social Democrats, the party of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, have emerged as the strongest force in regional elections in the state of Lower Saxony. The environmentalist Greens and the far-right AfD also made gains.Voters in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony cast their ballots on Sunday in a regional election amid an acute energy crisis and a looming recession.
Provisional results showed Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by incumbent Premier Stephan Weil, 63, in first place with 33.4% of the vote.
