German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN/OFFENBACH, Germany (Reuters) - Branding themselves as the party of reason, Germany's Greens are budding kingmakers in an election in the state of Hesse on Sunday that promises the second thumping in as many weeks for conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ruling allies.
The environmentalist Greens are building on momentum that saw them come second in a state election in Bavaria on Oct. 14. They are carving out a role as Germany's dominant centrist party, which promises to shake up national coalition politics.
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