Voters rebuke Merkel for Greek loan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition parties suffered large losses in regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on the 9 May 2010, robbing her government of a majority in the upper house of the German parliament.

BBC News, 9.5.10: German coalition 'suffers key regional poll loss' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8670554.stm

Deutsche Welle, 10.5.10: Merkel's coalition suffers big defeat in key state election http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5558046,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 10.5.10: Merkel's Greece Policy 'Failed its First Democratic Test' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,694013,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 10.5.10: Key State Vote Handicaps Merkel http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,693917,00.html

ESO: Background information: Germany: Merkel’s moment http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-merkels-moment/

EurActiv, 10.5.10: Merkel's coalition loses majority in state vote http://www.euractiv.com/elections/merkels-coalition-loses-majority-news-493957

Deutsche Welle, 22.5.10: Options running out in crucial coalition talks http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5600336,00.html

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