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Voters in Germany will go to the polls in a key regional election on Sunday with the far right seeking to cause a historic upset just three months before the country chooses its next leader.
Polls show the anti-Islam, anti-lockdown Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a close race with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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The state is part of the former East Germany where the AfD has flourished in recent years and is bidding to become the largest party in a state parliament for the first time in its history.
A poor result for Ms Merkel’s party would heap pressure on its nominee for the September 26 election, Armin Laschet, who emerged as the winner from a bruising internal struggle in April.
| UPDATED: 12:58, Sat, Jan 9, 2021
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