Exit polls suggest reprieve for Germany’s Scholz, as his party looks set to fend off far right in state vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) throughout the campaign,
German chancellor's Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election
A state election is taking place in Brandenburg three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other states in eastern Germany.
German Chancellor Scholz Exposed in Regional Vote: What to Watch
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats have ruled the eastern German region of Brandenburg since reunification in 1990, but their grip on power is under threat from the far-right Alternative for Germany in Sunday’s election in the former communist state.
Far-right's fate in German regional vote could break Scholz - or remake him
Weeks after topping a state vote for the first time and nearly winning another, Germany's far-right is taking aim at Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) in another regional election that could shape his political future.
Scholz's Social Democrats Fend off Far-Right in German State Vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) managed to fend off the far-right AfD in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the party throughout the campaign, according to exit polls.
Germany’s Social Democrats narrowly escape disaster in Brandenburg
Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where the anti-immigrant A f D performs far better than in the west. That made this election a test of whether the SPD could beat the populists on its home ground.
Initial results show Social Democrats lead in Germany's Brandenburg
Projections based on initial election results in the eastern German state of Brandenburg give the incumbent centre-left Social Democrats a narrow lead over the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Exit poll gives Scholz’s Social Democrats a slight lead over far right in German state vote
An exit poll released after voting ended in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday showed the Social Democrats with a slight edge over a growing far-right party. The
German far right eyes win in Scholz's state
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Recent polling shows that although the Social Democrats are still trailing the AfD, the gap has been slowly closing.
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Far-right AfD eyes new win in east German state vote
Germany's far-right AfD was hoping to win a tight race Sunday against Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in a regional ...
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Scholz's party narrowly leads far-right AfD in east German state vote: exit polls
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats were narrowly ahead of the far-right AfD Sunday in a state election in the ...
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Germany’s Scholz, Stung By Advance of Far Right, Creates a Buzz With a New and Dovish Line on Ukraine
The dull chancellor, whose popularity is plummeting as Germans in the east make their voices heard, is learning that even in ...
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Germany: Demonstrators gathered at Wittenbergplatz in Berlin to protest the recent violence in Lebanon and the ongoing war in Gaza
On September 18, 2024, demonstrators gathered at Wittenbergplatz in Berlin to protest the recent violence in Lebanon and the ongoing war in Gaza. Waving Palestinian and Lebanese flags, pro-Palestinian ...