Merkel Attends Rheinischer Post Reception Ahead Of North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
{"Image ImageDescription": "DESSELDORF, GERMANY - MAY 11:  German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel attends a reception held by the Rheinischer Post newspaper ahead of state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 11, 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The North Rhine-Westphalia election, scheduled for May 14, will be the third state election in Germany this year and the last before federal elections scheduled for September. The CDU won in the last two elections in Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein ahead of the German Social Democrats (SPD). The result is raising the stakes for the SPD and its leader Martin Schulz, who is the SPD chancellor candidate, for Sunday's election in North Rhine-Westphalia. (Photo by Philipp Eisermann - Pool/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2017 Getty Images"}