Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat coalition partners hold off a surge in far right support in two state elections
A woman holds a placard"Racists are no alternative" outside a debate in a TV studio after the Brandenburg state election in Potsdam, Germany, September 1, 2019.
In Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, the left-leaning SPD clung on to first place in a state they have run since German reunification in 1990, winning 27.2 percent of the vote - ahead of the AfD on 22.8 percent, preliminary results showed. Much depends on the SPD, which rules with the radical Left party in Brandenburg. The party sank into turmoil after its worst performance in European elections in May, is polling close to record lows and is still searching for a leader.
"There is no question there are differences on substance ... but it is clear that this coalition will carry on," he told ZDF television, adding the parties were focusing on issues such as an ambitious climate protection package."We have done it. This is a message that goes out from Saxony. The friendly Saxony has won," Michael Kretschmer, CDU state premier of Saxony, told supporters to loud applause. "This is a really good day for our state.
The parties are due to review the coalition, weakened by rows over migrant policy, tax and pensions, by the year's end. Social Democrats, who control the finance ministry, want to abandon the government's so-called "black zero" balanced budget policy and raise investment but Merkel's conservatives say it is an "indispensable principle" for them.
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