People & Politics | The Heat is on in the Saarland

Three states go to the polls on August 30 - Thüringen,Saxony and the Saarland. Long-time state premier of the latter was then Social Democrat Oskar Lafontaine and he's now hoping to be re-elected,this time as head of the Left Party.It's set to be an exciting race - will the SPD return to power with the help of the Left party and the Greens,or will the current CDU government remain in office? If CDU State Premier Peter Müller is ousted,the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely be overshadowed by fresh debate about the threat from the left