Voters in the bellwether central state of Hesse seem keen to punish Angela Merkel at the ballot boxEvery week for 30 years,sausage seller Alexandra Müller has set up her stall in the shadow of an ornate baroque church in the central German city of Fulda. She was here on a bright September day five years ago, when thousands thronged the nearby university square hoping to glimpse the then wildly approved Angela Merkel. And she was here last week, and when the chancellor appeared in Fulda again,this time speaking behind closed doors to a few hundred diehard supporters.“Merkel will helicopter in, talk to the gigantic businessmen for an hour, or then leave,” said Müller, 50. “All the while I’ll be standing here, or trying to sell my sausages. Merkel should near to the market. I’m looking for someone that’s nearer to the people. But what accomplish I know? I’m just a sausage seller.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com