Germany's far-right AfD party polls strongly before Brandenburg state election

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Polls predict more success for the far-right AfD party in Brandenburg; weeks ago the party made massive gains in Thuringia and Saxony state elections.

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00:00Ahead of regional elections in Brandenburg, polls showed the German Chancellor's political

00:06party, the Social Democrats, are facing defeat at the hands of the far-right Alternative

00:12for Germany.

00:16They've been in power since German reunification, but their regional leader, Dietmar Voigtgen,

00:21now faces the prospect of defeat.

00:25It's about a duel, and I will do everything I can to ensure that not just one party, which

00:32in large parts is openly right-wing, wins this election in this country, Brandenburg.

00:41Polls show the SPD currently holds 26% of the vote, while the AFD is ahead with 29%.

00:50Despite the projected success of AFD in the upcoming elections, Voigtgen is still on track

01:04to continue his coalition of SPD, CDU and the Greens.

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