Angela Merkel Campaigns For The CDU In North Rhine-Westphalia State Elections

HALTERN AM SEE, GERMANY - MAY 10: German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel and lead CDU candidate Armin Lachet greet supporters while campaigning for the CDU ahead of state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 10, 2017 in Haltern am See, Germany. The North Rhine-Westphalia election will be the third state election in Germany this year and the last before federal elections scheduled for September. The CDU won in the last two elections in Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein ahead of the German Social Democrats (SPD). The result is raising the stakes for the SPD and its leader Martin Schulz, who is the SPD chancellor candidate, for the election in North Rhine-Westphalia scheduled for May 14. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)