Europe
German state vote tests public mood as energy crisis bites
4 years agoA man casts his ballot at a polling station in Hanover, Germany, on October 9, 2022, during the state elections of Lower Saxony. - About 6,1 million voters are called on this October 9, 2022 to decide on the composition of the new state parliament of Lower Saxony. (Photo by Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
Germans in the coastal state of Lower Saxony headed to the polls Sunday in a closely-watched regional election seen as a test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats amid an acute energy crisis.