Original sentence: In 2018, the left leaning Greens and the AfD made large gains in regional elections in Bavaria and Hesse, whilst the traditional centre-left Social Democratic Party sustained heavy losses.This will be the first election to be held nationally since the 2017 federal election, in which Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats declined heavily in popularity, with the eurosceptic right-wing Alternative for Germany making significant gains and coming third
Edited sentence: In 2018, the left leaning Greens and the AFD made large gains in regional elections in Bavaria and Hesse, whilst the traditional centre-left Social Democratic Party sustained heavy losses.It will be the first election to be held nationally since the 2017 federal election, in which Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats declined heavily in popularity, with the eurosceptic right-wing Alternative for Germany making significant gains and coming third.The European election is therefore a major electoral test for the ruling coalition