AfD, Germany and Friedrich Merz
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Accompanying von Storch was Joachim Paul, an AfD politician from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany, who is contesting a mayoral race in the town of Ludwigshafen but was struck from the ballot amid legal disputes.
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Support for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged in North Rhine-Westphalia's local elections, raising concerns for the national coalition led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The AfD captured 16.
COLOGNE (Reuters) -Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party made deep inroads in the country's most populous state in municipal elections on Sunday, reaching mayoral run-offs for the first time and underlining its appeal beyond its eastern heartland.