PoliticsEast German leader styles herself as a one-woman bulwark against AfD

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Premier Manuela Schwesig of the center-left SPD is making the defeat of the far-right AfD her stated goal ahead of the state election. The AfD leads polls at about 37%, with the SPD at 33%, while business leaders warn that excluding people with immigrant backgrounds would damage the state’s economy.

German politicsstate electionAfDManuela Schwesig

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