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

https://mins.news/en/item/59130

- DW, 2026-09-15 11:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/east-german-leader-styles-self-as-one-woman-bulwark-to-afd/a-79264225?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> 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.

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