LANDAU IN DER PFALZ, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel and CDU lead candidate for Rhineland-Palatinate J

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ulia Kloeckner greet supporters at an election campaign rally on February 22, 2016 in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. State elections scheduled for March 13 in three German states: Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt and Baden-Wuerttemberg, will be a crucial test-case for German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel, who has come under increasing pressure over her liberal immigration policy towards migrants and refugees. The right-wing Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD), with campaign rhetoric aimed at Germans who are uneasy with so many newcomers, has solid polling numbers and will almost certainly win seats in all three state parliaments. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)