HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - The German state of Lower Saxony will hold new elections on Oct. 15, after a Greens party member defected to the conservatives on Friday, costing the current Social Democrat-Greens coalition government its one-seat majority, Premier Stephan Weil said.
Weil, a Social Democrat (SPD), told reporters on Monday that was the earliest possible date for state elections and was agreed by the political parties represented in the state legislature in consultation with the state election director.
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