Germany’s Far-Right AfD Makes Strong Gains in Two State Elections
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Germany’s far-right AfD makes strong gains in two state elections
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany on Sunday, exit polls showed, boosting the far-right party’s national momentum as conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz fights for political survival. In another election in the capital Berlin, the AfD also gained in strength.
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The far-right German party is, in both cases, in sharp progress, according to polls conducted at the exit of the polling stations.
In the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD appears to have become the largest party, according to an exit poll by broadcaster ARD. The far-right party narrowly beat the Social Democrats. Chancellor Merz's CDU achieved its worst result ever in the state and appears to have barely cleared the electoral threshold. In the German state of Berlin, Die Linke has emerged as the largest party for the first time. The party was locke…
ACCORDING to initial election projections, the AfD is winning in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, narrowly ahead of the SPD. In Berlin, where elections were also held, the Left Party is winning.
On Sunday, two federal states voted. In Berlin, CDU and the left had a head-to-head race. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the SPD fought with Prime Minister Schwesig against a strong AfD. The first extrapolations.
The citizens of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have chosen a new Landtag. According to the first forecast, the AfD becomes the strongest force before Schwesig's SPD. The CDU is concerned about the entry into the Landtag.
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