Opinion
polls
point
to
a
tight
race
between
the
conservative-liberal
coalition
of
incumbent
State
Premier
David
McAllister
and
the
opposition
of
Social
Democrats
and
Greens.
But
the
elections
have
significance
beyond
the
coastal
state.
They
are
a
first
test
ahead
of
federal
elections
in
the
autumn,
when
Chancellor
Angela
Merkel
will
try
to
gain
a
third
term.
And
Lower
Saxony
is
key
to
Germany’s
energy
transition.
With
more
than
7GW,
the
state’s
currently
hosts
a
quarter
of
Germany’s
operating
wind
capacity.
At
an
offshore
wind
conference
in
Hannover
last
week,
McAllister
–
a
member…
