{"id":1815193,"date":"2026-03-08T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815193"},"modified":"2026-03-08T07:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:47:37","slug":"germany-flexi-greens-lead-vote-in-automaker-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815193","title":{"rendered":"Germany: &#8216;Flexi\u2011Greens&#8217; lead vote in automaker heartland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270775_6.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"s1sfzv1a sk6xmai\">\n<div class=\"content-area sa7l9jt s9mg977\">\n<section data-tracking-name=\"sharing-icons-inline\" class=\"c75t7t0 hh5424a in-line closed\">\n<div class=\"copy-button-wrapper closed\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A08Z<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"s4bcs45\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270775_800.webp 50w, https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270775_801.webp 129w, https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270775_802.webp 352w, https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270775_803.webp 575w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 575px)\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" \/><figcaption class=\"c1oedowi lofg86o m4xla6a s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">Greens premier candidate Cem \u00d6zdemir (center) edged out CDU rival Manuel Hagel<small class=\"copyright c19ed66t ihwmx5 idu7i8u lxmvniw icns9en rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">Image: dts-Agentur\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-live-blog-rich-text-overview\" id=\"live-blog-rich-text-overview\" class=\"c1800ln sq3xutt atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-live-blog-rich-text-overview\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section What you need to know<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c2fyhwl ctymiyf content-block i1if36d6 i1ytahzz\">\n<h2 class=\"cp7bjxx h1du6kc5 lt5vbch pohyj9x s16w0xvi m1u0isv1 b1fzgn0z\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<ul>\n<li>The environmental Green Party took\u00a030.2% of Sunday&#8217;s vote\u00a0in the southwestern German state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/li>\n<li>Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservative CDU took\u00a029.7% and the far-right AfD over 18%<\/li>\n<li>This is the first of five regional votes happening across Germany this year<\/li>\n<li>Green Party candidate Cem\u00a0\u00d6zdemir will become the state&#8217;s next premier<\/li>\n<li>The SPD\u00a0lagged far behind with an anemic\u00a05.5% of the vote and the rest, including the FDP and the Left Party, failed to crack the 5% hurdle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This was the roundup of\u00a0the main headlines\u00a0from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday,\u00a0March 8, 2026. This blog is now closed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"s1ogwy7c ev9ivjh\">\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76271441\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76271441\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Greens ahead of CDU in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/09\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 9, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Greens ahead of CDU in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-green-party\/t-17365878\">Green Party<\/a> won the state election in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a>, according to the preliminary final results.<\/p>\n<p>After all constituencies had been counted, they finished just ahead of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> with 30.2% of the vote, compared to the CDU&#8217;s 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that the Greens and the CDU will govern the state together again, as they did in the previous term.\u00a0Both parties won 56 seats each.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results, the far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">AfD<\/a>\u00a0party came in third with 18.8%\u00a0of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/social-democratic-party-spd\/t-17437818\">SPD<\/a> had its worst showing in a state election, earning only 5.5%\u00a0and barely clearing the five percent threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Voter turnout was 69.6%, up from 63.8%\u00a0in the previous election five years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1gX<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76271318\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76271318\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section \u00d6zdemir declares victory in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg election<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/09\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 9, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">\u00d6zdemir declares victory in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg election<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-green-party\/t-17365878\">Green Party<\/a> frontrunner <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/cem-%C3%B6zdemir\/t-68196315\">Cem \u00d6zdemir<\/a> declared victory in the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state poll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won the election,&#8221; he said at his party&#8217;s celebration on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly all the votes counted, projections gave the Greens, led by \u00d6zdemir, 30.2%, while the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">Christian Democratic Union (CDU)<\/a>, led by Manuel Hagel, received 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">Alternative for Germany (AfD)<\/a> was on track to see the largest increase in votes, nearly doubling its result from the 2021 elections. The party was on track to take third place with 18.8%.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/social-democratic-party-spd\/t-17437818\">Social Democrats (SPD)<\/a> only managed to secure 5.5%\u00a0of the vote.\u00a0The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fdp-free-democratic-party\/t-17365530\">Free Democratic Party (FDP)<\/a> and the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/left-party\/t-17439669\">Left Party<\/a> failed to crack the 5% threshold needed to secure a seat in parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1eY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270841\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270841\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section WATCH: &#8216;Flexi-Greens&#8217; lead vote in automaker heartland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">WATCH: &#8216;Flexi-Greens&#8217; lead vote in automaker heartland<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>In Baden\u2011W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany&#8217;s car-manufacturing heartland, early projections\u00a0put the Greens outpacing the CDU and far-right AfD the closely watched state elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-wrapper embed big\">\n<h2 aria-label=\"Embedded video \u2014 Germany: 'Flexi\u2011Greens' lead vote in automaker heartland\" class=\"headline\">Germany: &#8216;Flexi\u2011Greens&#8217; lead vote in automaker heartland<\/h2>\n<p><video id=\"video-76270460\" controls playsinline preload=\"none\" poster=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-id=\"76270460\" data-posterurl=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270552_605.webp\" data-duration=\"04:53\"><source src=\"https:\/\/hlsvod.dw.com\/i\/dwtv_video\/flv\/je\/je20260308_MichaelaBaWuElexNew_,AVC_480x270,AVC_512x288,AVC_640x360,AVC_960x540,AVC_1280x720,AVC_1920x1080,.mp4.csmil\/master.m3u8\" type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1Wr<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270827\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270827\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section SPD limps in with another disastrous election result<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">SPD limps in with another disastrous election result<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Social Democrats (SPD) knew they would not be putting up double digits in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg on Sunday night but the 5.5% of the vote that they did take \u2014 hemorrhaging half their votes from 2021 \u2014 was nevertheless another major setback for the ailing people&#8217;s party.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s top candidate in the state announced his retirement immediately following the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SPD Vice-Chair and German\u00a0Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said he was hoping for a better result in two weeks, when voters in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate head to the polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both Klingbeil and fellow party Co-Chair B\u00e4rbel Bas say the personality politics that benefitted the Greens in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Sunday \u2014 in the showdown between \u00d6zdemir and Hagel \u2014 will work in their favor in Rhineland-Palatinate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SPD State Premier Alexander Schweitzer currently leads his CDU challenger Gordon Schneider by a comfortable margin.<\/p>\n<p>Bas called Sunday&#8217;s result &#8220;bitter,&#8221; saying the party had failed to score points with the issues that it focused on and blaming the two-way\u00a0state premier race\u00a0for vacuuming up SPD votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1Wd<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270744\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270744\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section AfD claims to be night&#8217;s big winner despite running third<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">AfD claims to be night&#8217;s big winner despite running third<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, federal co-chairs of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) said Sunday evening that they were &#8220;very satisfied&#8221; with state election results.<\/p>\n<p>The party is on course to rack up between 17.6 and 17.9% of the vote, coming close to doubling its 9.7% tally from 2021. The result puts the AfD in third place overall, behing the Greens and the CDU.<\/p>\n<p>Chrupalla said the party is now &#8220;the biggest opposition party in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg,&#8221; with Weidel saying the situation echoes the party&#8217;s role in the federal government and emphasizing that the AfD would continue to doggedly do the work required of a strong opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Chrupalla characterized the result as &#8220;a huge success,&#8221; adding,\u00a0&#8220;we are tonight&#8217;s winners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1VI<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270641\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270641\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Greens celebrate &#8216;great victory&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Greens celebrate &#8216;great victory&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Green Party Chair Franziska Brantner said her party&#8217;s election victory &#8220;sends a good signal from Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg to the rest of the republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brantner praised voters&#8217; courage and optimism and the fact that they had decided &#8220;not to turn back to the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The big winner of the night was the Greens&#8217; top candidate, Cem \u00d6zdemir, who beat out CDU candidate Manuel Hagel to become Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg&#8217;s next state premier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zdemir, a former agriculture minister who is viewed as a pragmatist, was accused by the CDU of running away from his party&#8217;s core environmental message in the industrial state, emphasizing that his election posters mentioned business more often than the climate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1Td<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270478\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270478\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section CDU top candidate Hagel takes &#8216;responsibility&#8217; for election loss <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">CDU top candidate Hagel takes &#8216;responsibility&#8217; for election loss <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>After failing to win the key Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state election on Sunday, top CDU candidate Manuel Hagel said responsibility for the upset lie with him. Hagel did not go into detail about what went wrong and what taking responsibility for the loss actually meant.<\/p>\n<p>The early frontrunner, Hagel&#8217;s candidacy went into a tailspin after a video interview of him making sexist comments about schoolgirls he met during a political stop in 2018 resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann sought to put a positive spin on the result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve passed a lot of legislation in the Bundestag&#8221; (\u2026) &#8220;and held a unified party congress&#8221; he said, noting that Chancellor Merz&#8217;s federal policies had &#8220;put wind in the sails&#8221; of state candidates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1R0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270226\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270226\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Greens lead in Baden-W\u00fcrtemberg election<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Greens lead in Baden-W\u00fcrtemberg election<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Germany&#8217;s\u00a0Greens party came in first in the\u00a0\u200cstate \u2060election \u2060in the southern region \u200bof Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, initial forecasts showed after \u200cpolls \u200bclosed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a disappointment for\u00a0Chancellor Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservative CDU party, \u200cas polls had previously shown a closer result.<\/p>\n<p>The first forecasts on \u200bpublic broadcaster ARD showed the Greens \u2060in \u200bfirst place \u200bwith 32% of \u200bthe \u200cvote, followed by Merz&#8217;s Christian \u200bDemocrats (CDU) \u2060on 29% and the \u2060AfD \u200bon 17.5%.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1Mw<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76270180\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76270180\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section CCTV to be installed in big slaughterhouses: draft bill <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">CCTV to be installed in big slaughterhouses: draft bill <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Large-scale slaughterhouses in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>will be obligated to install CCTV cameras to ensure animal welfare laws are being observed, according to a new draft law.<\/p>\n<p>The draft\u00a0by Germany&#8217;s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity says footage of &#8220;animal welfare sensitive processes,&#8221; such as the animals&#8217; anaesthesia before slaughtering, will then be made available to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>German Minister Alois Rainer, of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-social-union-csu\/t-17439619\">Bavarian CSU party<\/a>, said the law would shut a &#8220;blind spot&#8221; when it comes to animal welfare.<\/p>\n<p>The bill still needs to be approved by Germany&#8217;s government after allowing federal states and other interest groups to express their thoughts on the proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1MC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76269786\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76269786\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Paralympics: medals for Germany on opening weekend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Paralympics: medals for Germany on opening weekend<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>After Anna-Lena Forster won gold for <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> in the women&#8217;s alpine skiing at the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olympics\/t-17351918\">Paralympics<\/a> on Saturday, Team D\u00a0(for <em>Deutschland<\/em>) added further medals on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s para biathlon, Anja Wicker won silver and Johanna Recktenwald won bronze, while Marco Maier won bronze in the men&#8217;s biathlon sprint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Incredible, it&#8217;s what you dream of \u2013 two races, two medals,&#8221; said Wicker, who also won silver in the sprint on Saturday. &#8220;I had to pinch myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, gold medalist Forster was welcomed back to Team D headquarters by a huge crowd of teammates, family and friends. &#8220;I&#8217;m just overwhelmed,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Also on hand to offer congratulations was German under-secretary for sport Christiane Schenderlein, who had watched Forster&#8217;s performance live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was so much fun to be present and experience that moment up close,&#8221; said the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> politician. &#8220;[Forster] is an incredibly positive person with so much experience. It&#8217;s always very moving to accompany these events and meet the athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-wrapper embed big\">\n<h2 aria-label=\"Embedded video \u2014 True heroes \u2014 sports with a disability \" class=\"headline\">True heroes \u2014 sports with a disability <\/h2>\n<p><video id=\"video-59111257\" controls playsinline preload=\"none\" poster=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-id=\"59111257\" data-posterurl=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/55425527_605.webp\" data-duration=\"12:31\"><source src=\"https:\/\/hlsvod.dw.com\/i\/dwtv_video\/flv\/koekoe\/koekoe20210828_sportlifeNEU_,AVC_480x270,AVC_512x288,AVC_640x360,AVC_960x540,AVC_1280x720,AVC_1920x1080,.mp4.csmil\/master.m3u8\" type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A1Fq<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76268998\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76268998\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Three dead in Alpine accidents in Germany and Austria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Three dead in Alpine accidents in Germany and Austria<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Three people have died in separate accidents in mountainous areas of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/austria\/t-18949575\">Austria<\/a> this weekend, local authorities in both countries have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Schliersee in the southern German state of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/bavaria\/t-18968282\">Bavaria<\/a> said that a 74-year-old woman from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/munich\/t-18949734\">Munich<\/a> died after slipping on frozen snow while descending the Bodenschneid mountain on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Bavarian police said a 46-year-old man died after falling into a steep wooded area while descending the Petersberg mountain. The man was with an accompanying person &#8220;and one other person,&#8221; said officers, who are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>And in Austria, a 43-year-old skier from Bavaria died after falling on an off-piste descent from the top of the Thaneller peak, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite sunnier and warmer March weather, authorities have warned that mountain conditions are still wintery in shaded areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A138<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76267901\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76267901\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Germany to lose 150,000 jobs in the metal sector: Gesamtmetall <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Germany to lose 150,000 jobs in the metal sector: Gesamtmetall <\/h2>\n<div class=\"a9wq4ao author-details\"><span><span class=\"no-link m1ho1h07 l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi sngcpkw w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">Jenipher Camino Gonzalez<\/span><span class=\"extra-info lxmvniw m4xla6a s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"> Editor<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The head of the employers&#8217; association Gesamtmetall has warned that\u00a0up to 150,000 jobs in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0metal and electrical industry could be lost this year.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Funke Media Group,\u00a0Oliver Zander said the industry was in &#8220;crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in the midst of deindustrialization and the outlook is very bleak. The situation is truly dramatic,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have already lost 270,000 jobs since 2018. Last month, the number of employees in our industry fell below 3.8 million&#8221; for the first time since 2015, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Zander blamed German bureaucracy as well as high energy costs, corporate taxes and\u00a0social security payments for the sector&#8217;s woes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so unattractive that there is no longer sufficient investment here, so that production facilities are becoming obsolete and no new jobs are being created,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A0lR<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76268016\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76268016\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Germany relocates embassy staff in Tehran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Germany relocates embassy staff in Tehran<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The German Foreign Office says staff at the\u00a0German Embassy in Tehran have been moved as a result of the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-israel-war-with-iran\/t-76168615\">Iran war.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our employees is our top priority and is therefore constantly being discussed by the German government&#8217;s crisis management team,&#8221;\u00a0the Foreign Office said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It said the embassy&#8217;s staff had been relocated to an undisclosed location &#8220;temporarily due to the threat situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It added that the embassy&#8217;s work had already been heavily reduced as a precaution since\u00a0mid-January, but that it &#8220;can still be reached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security in the Middle East has deteriorated since last weekend, when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran\/t-18996175\">Iran<\/a>. Tehran then carried out retaliatory attacks on Israel and US military installations in Gulf countries. Since then, the conflict has escalated, with <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-war-khamenei-son-mojtaba-named-new-supreme-leader\/live-76263936\">attacks from both sides continuing<\/a> and Israel launching strikes on\u00a0Lebanon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A0nI<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76268090\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76268090\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section CDU candidate Manuel Hagel casts vote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">CDU candidate Manuel Hagel casts vote<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"76268055\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76268055_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Manuel Hagel, accompanied by his wife Franziska, votes during the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state election\"><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Manuel Hagel, accompanied by his wife Franziska, votes in Ehingen, near the city of Ulm<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Kai Pfaffenbach\/REUTERS<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CDU candidate Manuel Hagel was accompanied by his wife as he voted in the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a> state election.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old former bank branch manager had been the clear frontrunner, but his lead\u00a0narrowed after comments he made about female students during a school visit in 2018 came to light. He has since apologized for the remarks, which were criticized as sexist and inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The latest opinion poll put the Greens and CDU in a dead heat.<\/p>\n<p>If Hagel wins, he would be the state&#8217;s first CDU Premier since 2011.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post has been held for the past 15 years by Winfried Kretschmann of the Greens, who is not running for re-election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A0oU<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76267793\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491#post-liveblog-post-76267793\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Greens candidate Cem \u00d6zdemir votes in Stuttgart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">03\/08\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">March 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Greens candidate Cem \u00d6zdemir votes in Stuttgart<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"76266484\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76266484_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Cem \u00d6zdemir \"><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Cem \u00d6zdemir voted in the state capital Stuttgart<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Wolfgang Rattay\/REUTERS<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cem \u00d6zdemir of the Greens has cast his vote in the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a> state election.<\/p>\n<p>The former federal agriculture minister is taking on the CDU&#8217;s Manuel Hagel in the race to succeed outgoing Premier\u00a0Winfried Kretschmann.<\/p>\n<p>A poll on Thursday put the two parties on 28%, suggesting the result in Sunday&#8217;s election could be very close.<\/p>\n<p>The wealthy southwestern state has been governed by a coalition of the Greens and the CDU for the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A0jh<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"bp605kw center\">\n<div role=\"button\" data-tracking-name=\"show-more\" class=\"show-more-button s1va3u11 t1y9040i m7i2pic e3w9kkf b19vsmfu cx4rgdt ih9bob8 sngcpkw w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">Show more posts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<ul>\n<li>The environmental Green Party took\u00a030.2% of Sunday&#8217;s vote\u00a0in the southwestern German state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/li>\n<li>Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservative CDU took\u00a029.7% and the far-right AfD over 18%<\/li>\n<li>This is the first of five regional votes happening across Germany this year<\/li>\n<li>Green Party candidate Cem\u00a0\u00d6zdemir will become the state&#8217;s next premier<\/li>\n<li>The SPD\u00a0lagged far behind with an anemic\u00a05.5% of the vote and the rest, including the FDP and the Left Party, failed to crack the 5% hurdle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This was the roundup of\u00a0the main headlines\u00a0from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday,\u00a0March 8, 2026. This blog is now closed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This was the roundup of\u00a0the main headlines\u00a0from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday,\u00a0March 8, 2026. This blog is now closed.<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-green-party\/t-17365878\">Green Party<\/a> won the state election in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a>, according to the preliminary final results.<\/p>\n<p>After all constituencies had been counted, they finished just ahead of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> with 30.2% of the vote, compared to the CDU&#8217;s 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that the Greens and the CDU will govern the state together again, as they did in the previous term.\u00a0Both parties won 56 seats each.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results, the far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">AfD<\/a>\u00a0party came in third with 18.8%\u00a0of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/social-democratic-party-spd\/t-17437818\">SPD<\/a> had its worst showing in a state election, earning only 5.5%\u00a0and barely clearing the five percent threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Voter turnout was 69.6%, up from 63.8%\u00a0in the previous election five years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-green-party\/t-17365878\">Green Party<\/a> won the state election in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a>, according to the preliminary final results.<\/p>\n<p>After all constituencies had been counted, they finished just ahead of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> with 30.2% of the vote, compared to the CDU&#8217;s 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that the Greens and the CDU will govern the state together again, as they did in the previous term.\u00a0Both parties won 56 seats each.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results, the far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">AfD<\/a>\u00a0party came in third with 18.8%\u00a0of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/social-democratic-party-spd\/t-17437818\">SPD<\/a> had its worst showing in a state election, earning only 5.5%\u00a0and barely clearing the five percent threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Voter turnout was 69.6%, up from 63.8%\u00a0in the previous election five years ago.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-green-party\/t-17365878\">Green Party<\/a> frontrunner <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/cem-%C3%B6zdemir\/t-68196315\">Cem \u00d6zdemir<\/a> declared victory in the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state poll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won the election,&#8221; he said at his party&#8217;s celebration on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly all the votes counted, projections gave the Greens, led by \u00d6zdemir, 30.2%, while the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">Christian Democratic Union (CDU)<\/a>, led by Manuel Hagel, received 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">Alternative for Germany (AfD)<\/a> was on track to see the largest increase in votes, nearly doubling its result from the 2021 elections. The party was on track to take third place with 18.8%.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/social-democratic-party-spd\/t-17437818\">Social Democrats (SPD)<\/a> only managed to secure 5.5%\u00a0of the vote.\u00a0The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fdp-free-democratic-party\/t-17365530\">Free Democratic Party (FDP)<\/a> and the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/left-party\/t-17439669\">Left Party<\/a> failed to crack the 5% threshold needed to secure a seat in parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-green-party\/t-17365878\">Green Party<\/a> frontrunner <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/cem-%C3%B6zdemir\/t-68196315\">Cem \u00d6zdemir<\/a> declared victory in the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state poll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won the election,&#8221; he said at his party&#8217;s celebration on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly all the votes counted, projections gave the Greens, led by \u00d6zdemir, 30.2%, while the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">Christian Democratic Union (CDU)<\/a>, led by Manuel Hagel, received 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">Alternative for Germany (AfD)<\/a> was on track to see the largest increase in votes, nearly doubling its result from the 2021 elections. The party was on track to take third place with 18.8%.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/social-democratic-party-spd\/t-17437818\">Social Democrats (SPD)<\/a> only managed to secure 5.5%\u00a0of the vote.\u00a0The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fdp-free-democratic-party\/t-17365530\">Free Democratic Party (FDP)<\/a> and the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/left-party\/t-17439669\">Left Party<\/a> failed to crack the 5% threshold needed to secure a seat in parliament.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>In Baden\u2011W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany&#8217;s car-manufacturing heartland, early projections\u00a0put the Greens outpacing the CDU and far-right AfD the closely watched state elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-wrapper embed big\">\n<h2 aria-label=\"Embedded video \u2014 Germany: 'Flexi\u2011Greens' lead vote in automaker heartland\" class=\"headline\">Germany: &#8216;Flexi\u2011Greens&#8217; lead vote in automaker heartland<\/h2>\n<p><video id=\"video-76270460\" controls playsinline preload=\"none\" poster=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-id=\"76270460\" data-posterurl=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270552_605.webp\" data-duration=\"04:53\"><source src=\"https:\/\/hlsvod.dw.com\/i\/dwtv_video\/flv\/je\/je20260308_MichaelaBaWuElexNew_,AVC_480x270,AVC_512x288,AVC_640x360,AVC_960x540,AVC_1280x720,AVC_1920x1080,.mp4.csmil\/master.m3u8\" type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Baden\u2011W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany&#8217;s car-manufacturing heartland, early projections\u00a0put the Greens outpacing the CDU and far-right AfD the closely watched state elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Social Democrats (SPD) knew they would not be putting up double digits in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg on Sunday night but the 5.5% of the vote that they did take \u2014 hemorrhaging half their votes from 2021 \u2014 was nevertheless another major setback for the ailing people&#8217;s party.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s top candidate in the state announced his retirement immediately following the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SPD Vice-Chair and German\u00a0Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said he was hoping for a better result in two weeks, when voters in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate head to the polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both Klingbeil and fellow party Co-Chair B\u00e4rbel Bas say the personality politics that benefitted the Greens in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Sunday \u2014 in the showdown between \u00d6zdemir and Hagel \u2014 will work in their favor in Rhineland-Palatinate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SPD State Premier Alexander Schweitzer currently leads his CDU challenger Gordon Schneider by a comfortable margin.<\/p>\n<p>Bas called Sunday&#8217;s result &#8220;bitter,&#8221; saying the party had failed to score points with the issues that it focused on and blaming the two-way\u00a0state premier race\u00a0for vacuuming up SPD votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Social Democrats (SPD) knew they would not be putting up double digits in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg on Sunday night but the 5.5% of the vote that they did take \u2014 hemorrhaging half their votes from 2021 \u2014 was nevertheless another major setback for the ailing people&#8217;s party.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s top candidate in the state announced his retirement immediately following the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SPD Vice-Chair and German\u00a0Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said he was hoping for a better result in two weeks, when voters in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate head to the polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both Klingbeil and fellow party Co-Chair B\u00e4rbel Bas say the personality politics that benefitted the Greens in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Sunday \u2014 in the showdown between \u00d6zdemir and Hagel \u2014 will work in their favor in Rhineland-Palatinate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SPD State Premier Alexander Schweitzer currently leads his CDU challenger Gordon Schneider by a comfortable margin.<\/p>\n<p>Bas called Sunday&#8217;s result &#8220;bitter,&#8221; saying the party had failed to score points with the issues that it focused on and blaming the two-way\u00a0state premier race\u00a0for vacuuming up SPD votes.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, federal co-chairs of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) said Sunday evening that they were &#8220;very satisfied&#8221; with state election results.<\/p>\n<p>The party is on course to rack up between 17.6 and 17.9% of the vote, coming close to doubling its 9.7% tally from 2021. The result puts the AfD in third place overall, behing the Greens and the CDU.<\/p>\n<p>Chrupalla said the party is now &#8220;the biggest opposition party in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg,&#8221; with Weidel saying the situation echoes the party&#8217;s role in the federal government and emphasizing that the AfD would continue to doggedly do the work required of a strong opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Chrupalla characterized the result as &#8220;a huge success,&#8221; adding,\u00a0&#8220;we are tonight&#8217;s winners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, federal co-chairs of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) said Sunday evening that they were &#8220;very satisfied&#8221; with state election results.<\/p>\n<p>The party is on course to rack up between 17.6 and 17.9% of the vote, coming close to doubling its 9.7% tally from 2021. The result puts the AfD in third place overall, behing the Greens and the CDU.<\/p>\n<p>Chrupalla said the party is now &#8220;the biggest opposition party in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg,&#8221; with Weidel saying the situation echoes the party&#8217;s role in the federal government and emphasizing that the AfD would continue to doggedly do the work required of a strong opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Chrupalla characterized the result as &#8220;a huge success,&#8221; adding,\u00a0&#8220;we are tonight&#8217;s winners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Green Party Chair Franziska Brantner said her party&#8217;s election victory &#8220;sends a good signal from Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg to the rest of the republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brantner praised voters&#8217; courage and optimism and the fact that they had decided &#8220;not to turn back to the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The big winner of the night was the Greens&#8217; top candidate, Cem \u00d6zdemir, who beat out CDU candidate Manuel Hagel to become Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg&#8217;s next state premier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zdemir, a former agriculture minister who is viewed as a pragmatist, was accused by the CDU of running away from his party&#8217;s core environmental message in the industrial state, emphasizing that his election posters mentioned business more often than the climate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Green Party Chair Franziska Brantner said her party&#8217;s election victory &#8220;sends a good signal from Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg to the rest of the republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brantner praised voters&#8217; courage and optimism and the fact that they had decided &#8220;not to turn back to the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The big winner of the night was the Greens&#8217; top candidate, Cem \u00d6zdemir, who beat out CDU candidate Manuel Hagel to become Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg&#8217;s next state premier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zdemir, a former agriculture minister who is viewed as a pragmatist, was accused by the CDU of running away from his party&#8217;s core environmental message in the industrial state, emphasizing that his election posters mentioned business more often than the climate.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>After failing to win the key Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state election on Sunday, top CDU candidate Manuel Hagel said responsibility for the upset lie with him. Hagel did not go into detail about what went wrong and what taking responsibility for the loss actually meant.<\/p>\n<p>The early frontrunner, Hagel&#8217;s candidacy went into a tailspin after a video interview of him making sexist comments about schoolgirls he met during a political stop in 2018 resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann sought to put a positive spin on the result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve passed a lot of legislation in the Bundestag&#8221; (\u2026) &#8220;and held a unified party congress&#8221; he said, noting that Chancellor Merz&#8217;s federal policies had &#8220;put wind in the sails&#8221; of state candidates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After failing to win the key Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state election on Sunday, top CDU candidate Manuel Hagel said responsibility for the upset lie with him. Hagel did not go into detail about what went wrong and what taking responsibility for the loss actually meant.<\/p>\n<p>The early frontrunner, Hagel&#8217;s candidacy went into a tailspin after a video interview of him making sexist comments about schoolgirls he met during a political stop in 2018 resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann sought to put a positive spin on the result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve passed a lot of legislation in the Bundestag&#8221; (\u2026) &#8220;and held a unified party congress&#8221; he said, noting that Chancellor Merz&#8217;s federal policies had &#8220;put wind in the sails&#8221; of state candidates.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Germany&#8217;s\u00a0Greens party came in first in the\u00a0\u200cstate \u2060election \u2060in the southern region \u200bof Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, initial forecasts showed after \u200cpolls \u200bclosed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a disappointment for\u00a0Chancellor Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservative CDU party, \u200cas polls had previously shown a closer result.<\/p>\n<p>The first forecasts on \u200bpublic broadcaster ARD showed the Greens \u2060in \u200bfirst place \u200bwith 32% of \u200bthe \u200cvote, followed by Merz&#8217;s Christian \u200bDemocrats (CDU) \u2060on 29% and the \u2060AfD \u200bon 17.5%.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s\u00a0Greens party came in first in the\u00a0\u200cstate \u2060election \u2060in the southern region \u200bof Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, initial forecasts showed after \u200cpolls \u200bclosed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a disappointment for\u00a0Chancellor Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservative CDU party, \u200cas polls had previously shown a closer result.<\/p>\n<p>The first forecasts on \u200bpublic broadcaster ARD showed the Greens \u2060in \u200bfirst place \u200bwith 32% of \u200bthe \u200cvote, followed by Merz&#8217;s Christian \u200bDemocrats (CDU) \u2060on 29% and the \u2060AfD \u200bon 17.5%.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Large-scale slaughterhouses in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>will be obligated to install CCTV cameras to ensure animal welfare laws are being observed, according to a new draft law.<\/p>\n<p>The draft\u00a0by Germany&#8217;s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity says footage of &#8220;animal welfare sensitive processes,&#8221; such as the animals&#8217; anaesthesia before slaughtering, will then be made available to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>German Minister Alois Rainer, of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-social-union-csu\/t-17439619\">Bavarian CSU party<\/a>, said the law would shut a &#8220;blind spot&#8221; when it comes to animal welfare.<\/p>\n<p>The bill still needs to be approved by Germany&#8217;s government after allowing federal states and other interest groups to express their thoughts on the proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Large-scale slaughterhouses in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>will be obligated to install CCTV cameras to ensure animal welfare laws are being observed, according to a new draft law.<\/p>\n<p>The draft\u00a0by Germany&#8217;s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity says footage of &#8220;animal welfare sensitive processes,&#8221; such as the animals&#8217; anaesthesia before slaughtering, will then be made available to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>German Minister Alois Rainer, of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-social-union-csu\/t-17439619\">Bavarian CSU party<\/a>, said the law would shut a &#8220;blind spot&#8221; when it comes to animal welfare.<\/p>\n<p>The bill still needs to be approved by Germany&#8217;s government after allowing federal states and other interest groups to express their thoughts on the proposal.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>After Anna-Lena Forster won gold for <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> in the women&#8217;s alpine skiing at the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olympics\/t-17351918\">Paralympics<\/a> on Saturday, Team D\u00a0(for <em>Deutschland<\/em>) added further medals on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s para biathlon, Anja Wicker won silver and Johanna Recktenwald won bronze, while Marco Maier won bronze in the men&#8217;s biathlon sprint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Incredible, it&#8217;s what you dream of \u2013 two races, two medals,&#8221; said Wicker, who also won silver in the sprint on Saturday. &#8220;I had to pinch myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, gold medalist Forster was welcomed back to Team D headquarters by a huge crowd of teammates, family and friends. &#8220;I&#8217;m just overwhelmed,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Also on hand to offer congratulations was German under-secretary for sport Christiane Schenderlein, who had watched Forster&#8217;s performance live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was so much fun to be present and experience that moment up close,&#8221; said the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> politician. &#8220;[Forster] is an incredibly positive person with so much experience. It&#8217;s always very moving to accompany these events and meet the athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-wrapper embed big\">\n<h2 aria-label=\"Embedded video \u2014 True heroes \u2014 sports with a disability \" class=\"headline\">True heroes \u2014 sports with a disability <\/h2>\n<p><video id=\"video-59111257\" controls playsinline preload=\"none\" poster=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-id=\"59111257\" data-posterurl=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/55425527_605.webp\" data-duration=\"12:31\"><source src=\"https:\/\/hlsvod.dw.com\/i\/dwtv_video\/flv\/koekoe\/koekoe20210828_sportlifeNEU_,AVC_480x270,AVC_512x288,AVC_640x360,AVC_960x540,AVC_1280x720,AVC_1920x1080,.mp4.csmil\/master.m3u8\" type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Anna-Lena Forster won gold for <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> in the women&#8217;s alpine skiing at the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olympics\/t-17351918\">Paralympics<\/a> on Saturday, Team D\u00a0(for <em>Deutschland<\/em>) added further medals on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s para biathlon, Anja Wicker won silver and Johanna Recktenwald won bronze, while Marco Maier won bronze in the men&#8217;s biathlon sprint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Incredible, it&#8217;s what you dream of \u2013 two races, two medals,&#8221; said Wicker, who also won silver in the sprint on Saturday. &#8220;I had to pinch myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, gold medalist Forster was welcomed back to Team D headquarters by a huge crowd of teammates, family and friends. &#8220;I&#8217;m just overwhelmed,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Also on hand to offer congratulations was German under-secretary for sport Christiane Schenderlein, who had watched Forster&#8217;s performance live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was so much fun to be present and experience that moment up close,&#8221; said the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> politician. &#8220;[Forster] is an incredibly positive person with so much experience. It&#8217;s always very moving to accompany these events and meet the athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>Three people have died in separate accidents in mountainous areas of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/austria\/t-18949575\">Austria<\/a> this weekend, local authorities in both countries have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Schliersee in the southern German state of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/bavaria\/t-18968282\">Bavaria<\/a> said that a 74-year-old woman from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/munich\/t-18949734\">Munich<\/a> died after slipping on frozen snow while descending the Bodenschneid mountain on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Bavarian police said a 46-year-old man died after falling into a steep wooded area while descending the Petersberg mountain. The man was with an accompanying person &#8220;and one other person,&#8221; said officers, who are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>And in Austria, a 43-year-old skier from Bavaria died after falling on an off-piste descent from the top of the Thaneller peak, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite sunnier and warmer March weather, authorities have warned that mountain conditions are still wintery in shaded areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Three people have died in separate accidents in mountainous areas of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/austria\/t-18949575\">Austria<\/a> this weekend, local authorities in both countries have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Schliersee in the southern German state of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/bavaria\/t-18968282\">Bavaria<\/a> said that a 74-year-old woman from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/munich\/t-18949734\">Munich<\/a> died after slipping on frozen snow while descending the Bodenschneid mountain on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Bavarian police said a 46-year-old man died after falling into a steep wooded area while descending the Petersberg mountain. The man was with an accompanying person &#8220;and one other person,&#8221; said officers, who are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>And in Austria, a 43-year-old skier from Bavaria died after falling on an off-piste descent from the top of the Thaneller peak, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite sunnier and warmer March weather, authorities have warned that mountain conditions are still wintery in shaded areas.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The head of the employers&#8217; association Gesamtmetall has warned that\u00a0up to 150,000 jobs in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0metal and electrical industry could be lost this year.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Funke Media Group,\u00a0Oliver Zander said the industry was in &#8220;crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in the midst of deindustrialization and the outlook is very bleak. The situation is truly dramatic,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have already lost 270,000 jobs since 2018. Last month, the number of employees in our industry fell below 3.8 million&#8221; for the first time since 2015, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Zander blamed German bureaucracy as well as high energy costs, corporate taxes and\u00a0social security payments for the sector&#8217;s woes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so unattractive that there is no longer sufficient investment here, so that production facilities are becoming obsolete and no new jobs are being created,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The head of the employers&#8217; association Gesamtmetall has warned that\u00a0up to 150,000 jobs in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0metal and electrical industry could be lost this year.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Funke Media Group,\u00a0Oliver Zander said the industry was in &#8220;crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in the midst of deindustrialization and the outlook is very bleak. The situation is truly dramatic,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have already lost 270,000 jobs since 2018. Last month, the number of employees in our industry fell below 3.8 million&#8221; for the first time since 2015, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Zander blamed German bureaucracy as well as high energy costs, corporate taxes and\u00a0social security payments for the sector&#8217;s woes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so unattractive that there is no longer sufficient investment here, so that production facilities are becoming obsolete and no new jobs are being created,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The German Foreign Office says staff at the\u00a0German Embassy in Tehran have been moved as a result of the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-israel-war-with-iran\/t-76168615\">Iran war.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our employees is our top priority and is therefore constantly being discussed by the German government&#8217;s crisis management team,&#8221;\u00a0the Foreign Office said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It said the embassy&#8217;s staff had been relocated to an undisclosed location &#8220;temporarily due to the threat situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It added that the embassy&#8217;s work had already been heavily reduced as a precaution since\u00a0mid-January, but that it &#8220;can still be reached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security in the Middle East has deteriorated since last weekend, when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran\/t-18996175\">Iran<\/a>. Tehran then carried out retaliatory attacks on Israel and US military installations in Gulf countries. Since then, the conflict has escalated, with <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-war-khamenei-son-mojtaba-named-new-supreme-leader\/live-76263936\">attacks from both sides continuing<\/a> and Israel launching strikes on\u00a0Lebanon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The German Foreign Office says staff at the\u00a0German Embassy in Tehran have been moved as a result of the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-israel-war-with-iran\/t-76168615\">Iran war.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our employees is our top priority and is therefore constantly being discussed by the German government&#8217;s crisis management team,&#8221;\u00a0the Foreign Office said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It said the embassy&#8217;s staff had been relocated to an undisclosed location &#8220;temporarily due to the threat situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It added that the embassy&#8217;s work had already been heavily reduced as a precaution since\u00a0mid-January, but that it &#8220;can still be reached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security in the Middle East has deteriorated since last weekend, when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran\/t-18996175\">Iran<\/a>. Tehran then carried out retaliatory attacks on Israel and US military installations in Gulf countries. Since then, the conflict has escalated, with <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-war-khamenei-son-mojtaba-named-new-supreme-leader\/live-76263936\">attacks from both sides continuing<\/a> and Israel launching strikes on\u00a0Lebanon.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"76268055\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76268055_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Manuel Hagel, accompanied by his wife Franziska, votes during the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state election\"><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Manuel Hagel, accompanied by his wife Franziska, votes in Ehingen, near the city of Ulm<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Kai Pfaffenbach\/REUTERS<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CDU candidate Manuel Hagel was accompanied by his wife as he voted in the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a> state election.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old former bank branch manager had been the clear frontrunner, but his lead\u00a0narrowed after comments he made about female students during a school visit in 2018 came to light. He has since apologized for the remarks, which were criticized as sexist and inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The latest opinion poll put the Greens and CDU in a dead heat.<\/p>\n<p>If Hagel wins, he would be the state&#8217;s first CDU Premier since 2011.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post has been held for the past 15 years by Winfried Kretschmann of the Greens, who is not running for re-election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CDU candidate Manuel Hagel was accompanied by his wife as he voted in the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a> state election.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old former bank branch manager had been the clear frontrunner, but his lead\u00a0narrowed after comments he made about female students during a school visit in 2018 came to light. He has since apologized for the remarks, which were criticized as sexist and inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The latest opinion poll put the Greens and CDU in a dead heat.<\/p>\n<p>If Hagel wins, he would be the state&#8217;s first CDU Premier since 2011.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post has been held for the past 15 years by Winfried Kretschmann of the Greens, who is not running for re-election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"76266484\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76266484_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Cem \u00d6zdemir \"><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Cem \u00d6zdemir voted in the state capital Stuttgart<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Wolfgang Rattay\/REUTERS<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cem \u00d6zdemir of the Greens has cast his vote in the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a> state election.<\/p>\n<p>The former federal agriculture minister is taking on the CDU&#8217;s Manuel Hagel in the race to succeed outgoing Premier\u00a0Winfried Kretschmann.<\/p>\n<p>A poll on Thursday put the two parties on 28%, suggesting the result in Sunday&#8217;s election could be very close.<\/p>\n<p>The wealthy southwestern state has been governed by a coalition of the Greens and the CDU for the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cem \u00d6zdemir of the Greens has cast his vote in the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg\/t-18962334\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a> state election.<\/p>\n<p>The former federal agriculture minister is taking on the CDU&#8217;s Manuel Hagel in the race to succeed outgoing Premier\u00a0Winfried Kretschmann.<\/p>\n<p>A poll on Thursday put the two parties on 28%, suggesting the result in Sunday&#8217;s election could be very close.<\/p>\n<p>The wealthy southwestern state has been governed by a coalition of the Greens and the CDU for the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-greens-narrowly-win-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-election\/live-76265491&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76270775_6.jpg&#8221;] https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5A08Z Greens premier candidate Cem \u00d6zdemir (center) edged out CDU rival Manuel HagelImage: dts-Agentur\/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know The environmental Green Party took\u00a030.2% of Sunday&#8217;s vote\u00a0in the southwestern German state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservative CDU took\u00a029.7% and the far-right AfD over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,74],"class_list":["post-1815193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dw-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1815193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1815193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1815193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1815193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}