The headline of your correspondent's report on Sunday's Landtag elections in North Rhine-Wesphalia, "Slush fund scandal fails to sink Schröder's party", is complete nonsense, and totally misleading to those readers not familiar with German politics.

"Slush fund scandal fails to HELP Schröder's party in North Rhine-Wesphalia" would have made more sense.

Also the content of the article, while being factually correct, offers only misleading insights into the political situation here.

For the sake of your readers, and your reputation as a serious newspaper, I suggest you find yourself a German correspondent with not just a bit, but a lot more understanding of German politics.