Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen is the clear winner of the elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz.

After the terrible defeat of the FDP in the two German states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Pfalz in the German media speculated again about how long to keep Guido Westerwelle still at the head of the FDP will be able to. Big winners of both elections were clearly the Alliance 90/The Greens.

In Baden-Württemberg, the FDP has slipped from 10.7 to 5.3 percent and has halved so that their share of the vote. In the new parliament will therefore only with 7 members (-8) to be represented. There were also losses for the CDU Prime Minister Stefan Mappus (-5.2% / 39.0%) and the SPD (-2.1% / 23.1%), strong gains for the Greens, however, the +12.5% ​​with their share of voters not only have doubled and now as a stop at 24.2%, but were also able to overtake the SPD in votes and seats. The new parliament will consist of 60 so Christian Democrat (-9), 35 SPD parliamentarians (-3), 36 Green MPs (+19) and 7-FDP deputies (-8). For the first time in 58 years this little country is therefore no longer be governed by the CDU. Vermütlich will provide the countryside with Winfried Kretschmann in a red-green government for the next prime minister. The turnout was 66.2 percent (+12.8%).

Even colder it got off the FDP in the state of Rhineland-Pfalz, where she slipped with her country's president, the German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Rainer Brüderle from 8.0 to 4.2 percent, which flew out of the Diet. has lost focus here, incidentally, the SPD under Minister President Kurt Beck, who lost 9.9 percent and now holds only at 35.7 percent. however, there were slight gains for the CDU (+2.4% / 35.2%), while the Greens their percentage was even more than tripling (+10.8% / 15.4%). The new parliament is thus composed of 42 SPD parliamentarians (-11), 41 Christian Democrat (+3) and 18 Green MPs (+18) together. As here, the future government coalition will be assembled is not clear yet: Both black and green and red and green is possible.

In many German media are due to the heavy losses of the FDP in both states again speculation about the future of Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle loud. After all, would be a welcome cited standard set Westerwelles: 'Do not the polls, but the Wahlergenisse count'. And these are currently described for FDP Westerwelle not necessarily as exciting. Nevertheless, from the ranks of the FDP previously practiced no open criticism of Westerwelle. Analysts review the losses of the FDP and the Greens strong gains at least a portion of the currently raging debate in Germany over the nuclear policy. Accordingly, even Westerwelle said even on election night in an initial statement that it would be 'a difficult evening for the liberals' have been. The nuclear disaster in Japan was superimposed on the work of the Liberals in the federal states, are therefore "the state elections, a vote on the future of nuclear power" have been. Of possible personal consequences Westerwelle was however received, even if 'outcome of this election, of course, without a trace in any liberals pass by'.

Source; Gaywien.at