North Rhine-Westphalia Looks To May Elections

DUISBURG, GERMANY - APRIL 24: A man on a bicycle pulling a cart filled with scrap metal rides past posters calling for May First labor demonstrations in the Bruckhausen district near the ThyssenKrupp steelworks on April 24, 2012 in Duisburg, Germany. Duisburg and neighboring cities, which are at the heart of the industrial center of the Ruhr region, are heavily in debt as municipalities struggle to cope with falling revenues following the long and continual decline of the two traditionally most dominant industries in the region: coal mining and steel production. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Ruhr region is located, is scheduled to hold elections on May 13. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)