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Far-right AfD surges in poverty-stricken western German city

Anja Koch in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
February 26, 2025

Eastern Germany has traditionally been a stronghold of the far-right AfD party. Now, it's emerged as the strongest force in the western city of Gelsenkirchen, a former coal mining hub.

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