Merkel's Bavarian allies brace for bruising in state election

Sunday’s poll likely to increase tensions within Germany’s fragile coalition government

Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies are heading for their worst state election result in more than 60 years in a regional vote on Sunday that is likely to increase tensions within Germany’s fragile coalition government.

According to the latest polls, the Christian Social Union (CSU) should win around 34% of the vote, losing the absolute majority with which the centre-right party has controlled its south-eastern heartland for most of the post-war period.

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