Germans in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt are heading to the polls on Sunday, with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor. Saxony-Anhalt is one of Germany's smallest states with a population of just 2.2 million, but with Merkel's Christian Democratic Union running neck-and-neck with the far-right AfD.
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A vandalized election campaign poster for the far-right Alternative for Germany party showing the party s top candidate, Oliver Kirchner.
Image: Markus Schreiber
A vandalized election campaign poster for the far-right Alternative for Germany party showing the party s top candidate, Oliver Kirchner.
Image: Markus Schreiber
POLLS HAVE OPENED in the East German state of Saxony-Anhalt with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel’s conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor.
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1 of 8 Election campaign posters from Merkel s Christian Democratic Union, CDU, with top candidate and state governor Reiner Haseloff, top, and from the far-right Alternative for Germany, AFD, party with top candidate, Oliver Kirchner, displayed in front of a residents building at federal state Saxony-Anhalt s capital Magdeburg, Germany, Wednesday, June 2, 2021.The state vote on Sunday, June 6, 2021 is German politicians last major test at the ballot box before the national election in September that will determine who succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
2 of 8 Election campaign posters from the Greens and Merkel s Christian Democratic Union party stand near a road in the federal state Saxony-Anhalt s capital Magdeburg, Germany, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The state vote on Sunday, June 6, 2021 is German politicians last major test at the ballot box before the national election in September that will determine who succeeds Ch