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  In the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, State Premier Malu Dreyer (left) from the SPD, and Christian Baldauf, the CDU's top candidate, give a TV interview in Mainz, on Sunday. KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, was trounced in state elections on Sunday, suggesting a changing of the guard may be on the way. With the clock ticking down to September's full national elections, the party's "historically" poor performance in voting for state governors could be a precursor for change after Merkel's 16 years in power. Mark...

Green Party Chairman Robert Habeck said the party would "take this success as a tailwind for the Bundestag election campaign". Opinion polls show the CDU's national popularity slipping from 40 percent last June, when Germany was being praised for its initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, to about 33 percent this month. According to German news outlets, these results show the public reacting to a face mask procurement scandal, months of lockdowns and the slow coronavirus vaccine rollout. Over the past two weeks, several conservative MPs quit over allegations of receiving payments for a...

Bayern Munich confirm interest in RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano Dayot Upamecano is expected to get a big transfer in 2021 | Oliver Hardt/Getty Images Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed the Bundesliga champions’ interest in RB Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano, who has been linked in recent months with Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City. At 22, Upamecano is considered one of the top young defenders in Europe and is widely expected to leave Leipzig at the end of the season when his €42m (£37.4m) release clause becomes active. Up...