Olaf Scholz’s SPD appears to have made late comeback after trailing far-right party throughout Brandenburg campaign
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The German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats have managed to fend off the far-right Alternative für Deutschland in a state election in Brandenburg after trailing behind the party throughout the campaign, according to exit polls.
The Social Democrats (SPD), who have governed the state surrounding Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 32% of the vote, ahead of the AfD on 29%, in a last-minute comeback, according to the exit poll by the broadcaster ZDF.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/social-democrats-afd-alternative-germany-state-election-brandenburg
Author : Reuters in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-09-22 16:22:29
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