Journal # In Schleswig-Holstein will choose a new state government on September 27th # 23.07.2009

Here in Germany, voters in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein will choose a new state government on September 27th... on the same day as the country's general election. The snap poll was called on Thursday after weeks of political wrangling between state's former coalition partners, the CDU and the SPD. In a bold political move, the center-right premier Peter Harry Carstensen invited a vote of no confidence against HIMSELF to dissolve the state assembly. The developments are being watched closely from Berlin, where a grand coalition is also starting to show signs of wear.