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September 3, 2019

Far-Right Party Makes Gains But Fails to Overtake Major Parties in German Regional Elections
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In Germany, regional elections saw the far-right party Alternative for
Deutschland make its largest gains ever Sunday, coming in second place
behind the country's main centrist parties, including Chancellor Angela
Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Party. The elections were
held on the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland. German
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland for forgiveness
for the Nazi invasion in 1939.


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