German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel and CDU lead candidate in Hesse state elections Volker Bouffier speak to the media after a meeting of the CDU leadership at party headquarters on October 21, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Hesse is to hold state elections on October 28 and polls indicate both the CDU and the German Social Democrats (SPD) will fair poorly compared to previous elections.
