Recently, Chancellor Angela Merkel's party won regional elections in a major state in Germany. As a result, her re-election prospects seem to be bolstered for the federal elections in September. What are your thoughts on this largely unexpected result?
Links to peruse:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-election-schleswig-holstein-idUSKBN1820JE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/world/europe/german-state-vote-schleswig-holstein-merkel.html