Far-right party aims for wins in 2 state elections as Germany's government flounders

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Far-right party aims for wins in 2 state elections as Germany's government flounders
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BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany...

for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany, while a months-old party founded by a prominent leftist also hopes to shake up the picture as the national government has squabbled its way to deep unpopularity.at bay in Saxony and Thuringia , home to around 4.1 million and 2.1 million people, respectively.

Scholz said recently that “gun smoke from the battlefield” is masking the successes of his government of uneasy allies, which set out to modernize Germany. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said that the government isn't a “self-help group.” One of the Greens' national leaders, Omid Nouripour, described the coalition as a “transitional government.”The mainstream opposition Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, won the European Parliament election.

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