Germany’s Social Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief after beating the AfD by less than 2% in a local election in Brandenburg on a surprisingly high turnout of 73%. The biggest issues were migration, the economy…. and stopping the AfD
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00:00The Social Democrats have won here in Brandenburg in state elections.
00:03They beat the far-right Alternative for Germany party into second place by less than 2%.
00:08So what have we learned from this state vote?
00:11The SPD can put behind them the big disappointments they had in Thuringia and Saxony,
00:16but only when their candidates go out of their way to distance themselves as much as possible
00:21from Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the ruling National Social Democratic Party.
00:26Number two.
00:27These elections have been incredibly popular.
00:2973% or so of the eligible two and a half million people cast a ballot
00:34in this particular vote.
00:35For the AFD, those supporting them, it was migration and it was the economy
00:39that topped their list.
00:40For everybody else, it was stopping the AFD from getting into power.
00:44The third thing we can take away from this vote is forming a coalition government in this state
00:50and perhaps looking ahead to next year's federal election.
00:52It's going to be incredibly tricky and it's going to involve some big compromises
00:56because nobody says they're willing to work with AFD.