"The AfD is continuing to gain ground in the east, and it seems clear that (Merz's) strategy of trying to stop the AfD is not working,"
"Today's eastern Germans feel like "second-class citizens""
""flourishing landscapes""
"He has been abroad a lot, then he was in North Rhine-Westphalia a lot, and now it would be nice if he came to Saxony or Brandenburg or Thuringia,"
Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets premiers from the ex-communist eastern states as support for the far-right AfD surges. The CDU had promised "flourishing landscapes" after reunification, but deindustrialisation, job losses and migration left deep economic and social scars. The AfD emerged as the second-biggest party nationally and now leads polls in all five eastern states, polling around 39 percent in Saxony-Anhalt and potentially poised to lead a state government. Political scientists say Merz's strategy to halt AfD gains is not working. Eastern residents express feelings of being treated as second-class citizens and call for greater attention from the chancellor.
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