Merkel's CDU suffers severe setback in Hesse election: initial forecast

German Christian Democratic Union (CDU)'s top candidate and Hesse State's premier Volker Bouffier (3rd L) speaks after the initial state election results of Hesse came out in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Oct. 28, 2018. The Christian Democratic Union, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, suffered a great loss in Sunday's state election in Hesse, according to the initial forecast by the public broadcaster ARD. (Xinhua/Luo Huanhuan)