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HISTORICAL FACTS: Scholz s balancing act just got harder after german state election - The Untold Story

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Social Democratic Party (SPD) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends an election campaign rally of top candidate for North-Rhine Westphalian federal state election Thomas Kutschaty in Cologne, Germany, May 13, 2022. REUTERS/Benjamin Westhoff

The worst post-war result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in a traditional party stronghold heaps pressure on him to show more decisive leadership over the Ukraine crisis and Germans' concerns about soaring costs of living.

Scholz's SPD lost a regional election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state, to the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on Sunday - a setback for the chancellor after just five months in office.

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