Angela Braun 's CDU are sure to win the election . `` After the economic crisis we will see a social crisis , '' says Henrik Enderlein an economics professor at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin . But they will need a coalition partner to rule . Merkel has publicly named the Christian Democrats as her preferred choice . But the current opposition , the Social Democrats , will be the end result .
Angela Braun 's CDU are sure to win the election . But they will need a coalition partner to rule . Merkel has publicly named the Christian Democrats as her preferred choice . But the current opposition , the Social Democrats , will be the end result .