Roland Nelles
Roland Nelles, (b. 1971) was formerly Der Spiegel's Berlin correspondent. He has been head of the politics section and the Berlin bureau of Spiegel Online since 2009, and a member of the German weekly's editorial board since 2011.
Updated: 29 March 2011
The Greens scored big in Baden-Württemberg, a German state that had been governed by the conservative Christian Democrats for 58 years. The biggest loser could be Chancellor Merkel, whose recent missteps contributed to the debacle. Nevertheless, her power remains stable, and she now knows what she must do to get re-elected in two years.