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Social Democrats narrowly defeat far-right AfD in Brandenburg state election

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The Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the Brandenburg state election with a slight lead over the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. According to various sources, the SPD secured between 30.9% and 31.8% of the vote, while the AfD received between 29.2% and 29.4%. The SPD's victory is seen as a rare moment of respite for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's embattled coalition government, but it is unlikely to give him a major boost due to the popularity of the incumbent SPD premier, Hubert Dietmar Woidke, who distanced himself from Scholz during the campaign. Additionally, the Green Party, allies of the SPD, failed to win any seats, making it difficult to form an SPD-led coalition.

  1. DE
    Wolfgang Kubicki
    Free Democratic Party
    1. Going by its current performance, I don't believe this coalition will last until Christmas.
  2. DE
    Bijan Djir-Sarai
    Free Democratic Party
    1. Currently our profile as a party for freedom-loving, optimistic and hardworking people is overshadowed by the coalition strife in Berlin.
  3. DE
    Ricarda Lang
    Green Party
    1. The people feel like they are not being heard.
  4. DE
    Lars Klingbeil
    Social Democratic Party
    1. You know my statement, you know the clear statements from [party co-chair] Saskia Esken and from others: We want to go to the federal election with Olaf Scholz, we are clear on that.
  5. DE
    Kevin Kühnert
    Social Democratic Party
    1. Dietmar Woidke and his Brandenburg SPD have made a furious comeback in recent weeks.
    2. For us in the federal SPD, this evening, if things go well, the problems that lie ahead of us will not have gotten any bigger. But they have not gotten any smaller either.
  6. DE
    Hubert Dietmar Woidke
    Social Democratic Party
    1. They [the AFD] have achieved about 30%, a lot of voters have voted for the AFD, and that's too much. So we have to think about these results and we have to make our policies better.
    2. It is an important victory for me, it's an important victory for my party, and it's an important victory for the state of Brandenburg.
    3. The Brandenburg SPD has always been lucky to be able to rely on strong leaders of its own.
  7. US
    Jackson Janes
    German Marshall Fund
    1. I don't think at this point such a likelihood of changing out [before next year's federal election] … is likely to happen right now unless something really unforeseeable happens.

2024 German Regional Elections

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.The Times
  5. 5.Al Jazeera
  6. 6.DW News
  7. 7.Haaretz
  8. 8.Le Monde
  9. 9.Daily Sabah
  10. 10.The Washington Post
  11. 11.Agence France-Presse
  12. 12.ARD

perspectives

  1. 1.Election
  2. 2.Immigration to Europe
  3. 3.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  4. 4.Scholz Coalition in Germany
  5. 5.Terrorist Attacks in Europe

countries

  1. 1.GermanyDE
  2. 2.Russian FederationRU
  3. 3.Syrian Arab RepublicSY
  4. 4.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Alternative for GermanyDE
  2. 2.Social Democratic Party
  3. 3.Green Party
  4. 4.Free Democratic PartyDE
  5. 5.Bündnis Sahra WagenknechtDE
  6. 6.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  7. 7.Christian Democratic Union
  8. 8.Die Linke
  9. 9.European Union
  10. 10.Infratest dimap
  11. 11.United Nations
  12. 12.Christian Social Union

persons

  1. 1.Olaf ScholzDE
  2. 2.Hubert Dietmar WoidkeDE
  3. 3.Kevin KühnertDE
  4. 4.Sahra WagenknechtDE
  5. 5.Adolf Hitler
  6. 6.Alice WeidelDE
  7. 7.Bijan Djir-SaraiDE
  8. 8.Boris PistoriusDE
  9. 9.Ricarda LangDE
  10. 10.Tino ChrupallaDE
  11. 11.Angela MerkelDE
  12. 12.Christian LindnerDE

technicals

  1. 1.World War II
  2. 2.Islam
  3. 3.Nazism