Voters in two German states go to the polls Sunday for regional elections that could have national consequences. In Berlin, the candidate from the far-left populist Left Party could become the city’s new governing mayor. And in the former eastern state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, it’s too close to call between the incumbent Social Democrats and the far-right Alternative for Germany. We talk to our correspondents in both states.
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00:00 Berlin heads to the polls in a tight state election
01:46 Possible coalition scenarios after election day
02:08 Hans Brandt, DW Correspondent in Berlin
03:15 Why Berlin’s political landscape is so fragmented
05:49 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania vote tests Chancellor Merz
06:28 Giulia Saudelli, DW Correspondent in Schwerin
07:51 What is at stake for Chancellor Friedrich Merz?
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