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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer shake hands during an election campaign event of the German Christian Social Union Party (CSU) in Miesbach, southern Germany, on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). AFP PHOTO

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are gunning for a decisive win when wealthy Bavaria goes to the polls on Sunday to help propel her to a third term in the national election a week later.

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