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Region: Red Wolf Alliance

Stalstatt

Worker's Party members protest at Palace of Congress
Despite the losses suffered by the Worker's Party (AP) in last week's election, its members appear to have not accepted the results of the election. Nearly 1,000 members of the party staged a large protest outside the Palace of Congress this morning, demanding transparency in the tallying of election results. Among the protesters were four members of the party's Congressional delegation that were voted out of office.

Violence was limited to a few attacks on police members who supervised the protests, and a total of 13 arrests were made over the course of the morning. AP leader Konrad Tollemacht, who was not present at the protest, has continually questioned the results and claims without evidence that the Worker's Party won a majority in the Reichstag despite evidence to the contrary. Calls have already been made by Reichstag members of opposing parties to censure or otherwise penalize Tollemacht and the AP for their conduct after the election, arguing it is dangerous to the nation's democratic institutions.

United Socialist Party, Ecological Democractic Party announce Merger
After weeks of discussion and negotiations, the left-wing United Socialist Party (VSP) and Ecological Democratic Party (ODP) have formally agreed to a merger of their parties. The chairs of both parties - Gunther Beyersdorf for the VSP and Alexandra Kopp of the ODP - have agreed to a common declaration that begins the process of the two parties formally merging after a year and a half of independence. The new party name has not yet been revealed, however the agreement speculates that at this time the fused party will be known simply as the VSP-ODP Union.

Both Beyersdorf and Kopp have agreed to a new leadership election for the new party, which will also formally decide the name of the new party. With Congress set to reconvene in one week, it is likely the leadership election will be held some time in June to allow for government negotiations to conclude.

Wolter, Reiner head into second round of voting at CVP Convention
The first ballot of the CVP's leadership election was held just over an hour ago, and the results are showing that Chancellor Hermann Wolter won a plurality of the delegate votes, but narrowly missed the required majority. His opponents, Finance Minister Katherine Reiner and Reichstag Member Friedrich Kardorff, placed second and third respectively. The tally of delegate votes can be found below:

Wolter: 755
Reiner: 639
Kardoff: 156
Scattering: 5

Party bylaws state that Kardorff will be eliminated in the upcoming second ballot scheduled for this afternoon, leaving Wolter and Reiner to face off in a head-to-head match. Many believe Wolter will be reelected as Kardorff's more socially conservative faction will be unlikely to support the moderate Reiner.

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