The Christian Democratic Party (CDU) is one of the two big parties in the State of North-Rhine Westfalia (NRW) and currently in the opposition role.Leader of the party in the State parliament and Party Leader in the State of North-Rhine Westfalia is Mr. Jürgen Rüttgers. He is not really popular so far but has a background from his time in the Federal Government when Chancellor Kohl and the CDU formed the Federal Government (until 1998).
In the 2000 elections, the CDU in the State of North-Rhine Westfalia gained 2,712,176 votes. That's 37,0 % of all votes.
The writing on the election poster says:
5 Million cancellations of (school) lessons.
"Enough is enough !"
Well, I wouldn't bet a dime that they'll do better.
