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Populists poised for victory in east German elections
Three parties in coalition government set to be given a drubbing on Sunday by voters furious with inflation and immigration
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on stage in Jena, eastern Germany, on Aug 27. He faced a wall of boos from locals furious about the Aug 23 terror attack in Solingen.
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Guy Chazan
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Mr Olaf Scholz pitched up in east Germany this week to rally his embattled Social Democrats (SPD) ahead of state elections on Sunday. He could barely be heard above the shouts of “liar”, “warmonger” and “send him to the front”.
The chancellor had come to Jena to boost the flagging fortunes of a party that polls suggest is heading for a drubbing in the Sept 1 elections in Saxony and Thuringia.
