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Pauline Curtet with Sebastien Ash in Berlin

German Far Right Set For Wins In Key Polls After Attack

AfD supporters have been demonstrating ahead of the Saxony state election (Credit: AFP)

Voters in two former East German states go to the polls Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD.

The polls in Thuringia and Saxony come just over a week after three people were killed in a suspected Islamist attack, which has fuelled a bitter debate over immigration in Germany.

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