Center-left SPD in close finish with AfD in regional election | DW News

Manuela Schwesig, the Social Democratic premier of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, is defiant after her party came second in regional elections, according to early exit polls. The center-left SPD is on track to win 36%, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) which came first at 38%. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) fell to just 5%, with final results still to be confirmed. #dwnews

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