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Leif-Erik Holm from the AfD emphasizes that the party should be part of a future government based on the mandate it received from voters following Sunday's state election. Photo: Marcus Brandt/Reuters

AfD expects to remain outside government despite winning Mecklenburg-Vorpommern election

Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, does not expect to enter government in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern despite finishing first in Sunday’s state election.

“I think we could govern, but right now it does not look like it is going to happen,” said Leif-Erik Holm, AfD’s...

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