German Far-Right Party Ahead in East Before Elections, Bild Says
Andreas Kalbitz, AfD candidate in Brandenburg state election, speaks during an event on Aug. 3.
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Germany’s far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is ahead in the eastern states of Saxony and Brandenburg four weeks before state elections, Germany’s Bild reported Sunday.
The AfD is currently polling at 23%, ahead of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, which is at 22%, according to a poll carried out by Bild. Die Linke is in third place at 14% while the Greens are at 13%.