Free Democrat Leader Westerwelle votes in Germany

Germany’s Free Democrat leader Guido Westerwelle has cast his ballot in Bonn. He’s hoping that his FDP party will gather enough votes to form a centre-right coalition with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats – a coalition the current Chancellor says she needs to revive Europe’s largest economy.

But a poll on Friday put the combined conservatives-FDP vote exactly level with that of the Social Democracts, Greens and the far-left “Linke” party — a stalemate which would lead to another grand coalition but Westerwelle remains hopeful: “We’re very optimitic. We worked well and we have a good programme. I think it will work out well for us.”More about: FDP, German elections

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