# Is Germany’s weak economy boosting the right-wing AfD?

https://mins.news/en/video/34492

- DW News, 2026-08-27 14:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPgD5vJqrgU

> State elections are due in eastern Germany on September 6, amid a tense economic situation. The question is whether this could help the right-wing AfD win its first state premiership.

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