# Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: SPD seeks to fend off AfD

https://mins.news/en/item/65233

- DW, 2026-09-19 06:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/mecklenburg-western-pomerania-spd-seeks-to-fend-off-afd/a-79330234?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The Social Democrats have governed Germany’s northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for nearly three decades. State Premier Manuela Schwesig is campaigning to keep the far-right AfD from gaining ground, a result that could strengthen the SPD, the junior partner in Germany’s federal government.

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