A state election, likely due in May. will be a big test of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity.
Her Christian Democrat (CDU) Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen is standing in North Rhine-Westphalia and polls give them 33 percent. However, Roettgen says he will not leave his national position for an opposition role at state level if his party loses.
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