"We've Suffered A Crushing Defeat" Says Martin Schulz After Historic Merkel Victory In Today's NRW Election
At the start of February, a shocking poll revealed that Germany's Social Democrat, or SPD, party - under the new leadership of former Europarliament head Martin Schulz - had managed to overtake Angela Merkel's dominant CDU ahead of Germany's federal elections in the fall of 2017. However, just three months later, "Schulz' fairytale turned into a nightmare for Germany’s SPD" as the party scored its worst ever result in today's election in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia (or NRW).