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Germany's SPD fends of far right in state vote as federal elections near
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9/23/2024
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The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats have staved off
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the far-right in a regional election.
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What is being seen as a last-minute comeback.
00:08
The win, then, likely providing him with a reprieve,
00:11
if only brief, from growing criticism of his leadership.
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The SPD winning 31% of the vote,
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with the far-right AFD winning over 29%.
00:20
Earlier this month, you'll remember, the AFD became the first
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far-right party to win a state election in Germany since World War II.
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Earlier, we spoke to a correspondent in Berlin.
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Nick Holdsworth, and he was asked what this could mean
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for the soon-to-come federal elections in Germany.
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We've got federal elections coming up in September of next year.
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The ruling coalition will be under a lot of pressure from the AFD.
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What does need to be said, though, is that the AFD's popularity
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is largely in the east, in those former East German states,
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where, to this day, there are disparities in pension income,
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in the number of people who are in senior management positions,
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that sort of thing.
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There's a degree of resentment.
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However, all of these states in East Germany
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have slight differences in history and tradition,
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and that is all reflected in the way they vote.
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There is a common concern about immigration,
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which is the key issue which the AFD has been campaigning on.
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But it's not by any means universally saying,
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shut the doors, send them back,
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the sort of things we sometimes hear from the AFD.
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And in West Germany, again, a very different tradition.
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The AFD unlikely to make much headway in West Germany.
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So when it comes to those federal elections next year,
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the AFD are going to be putting on a very tough battle
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against the ruling coalition.
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However, they may not do as well across Germany
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as they've done in these specific states
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in the former East of Germany.
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