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German voters fend off far-right in latest state vote, early results suggest
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far-right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) throughout the campaign, initial official figures showed. The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of…