Big catch-up for Merkel's party in most populous German state - poll


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  • Sunday, 23 Apr 2017

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel arrives for a news conference in Berlin, Germany, March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has risen to its highest level in two years in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, albeit on a par with its main opposition, a poll showed on Sunday.

The Infratest dimap poll, conducted for broadcaster WDR, showed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) adding four percentage points to reach 34 percent, while the Social Democrats (SPD) dropped three percentage points, also to 34 percent.

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