Martin Zeil, leading candidate for the liberal Free Democrats at this Sunday’s regional election in Bavaria, is categorical: what has been simmering in the affluent southern German state over the past few weeks “is nothing short of a political revolution”.
If opinion polls are to be believed the Christian Social Union risks losing its absolute majority in Bavaria for the first time in 46 years. The shake-up, if it happens, could have sizeable implications for Angela Merkel, the chancellor.
