ruling conservatives a stinging defeat in 2 regional elections on sunday voters in the states of biden rittenberg and ryan land palencia turned their backs on the c.d.u. in record numbers a leading c.e.o. m.p. will give us his take on the elections in just a moment but 1st we have this report. germany's super election year began badly for chancellor merkel's conservatives in 2 regional elections they significantly lost support among voters the c.d.u. is in crisis one day later in berlin the frustration was crystal clear among the party leadership. you. can clearly say that the regional election results are disappointing for the c.d.u. . invite any election result is always a wake up call anyone who doesn't take note of election results who simply ignores them has simply not understood the meaning of an election the c.d.u. was probably punished by voters for the painfully slow coronavirus vaccine roll out nationwide. a facemask procurement scandal involving conservative lawmakers only made things worse but one party's loss is another party's game after winning the election in the wealthy state of