The leaders of Germany's far-right AfD hail the party's electoral success after coming a narrow second place in a regional vote in Brandenburg, falling just behind the centre-left SPD of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. "We are the only party that has consistently achieved successful results," says co-leader Alice Weidel, reflecting on gains made in recent regional votes in Thuringia and Saxony.
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00:00We can celebrate a great result in Brandenburg.
00:05We have brought three successful elections behind us in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg.
00:12And we are the only party that has consistently achieved successful results.
00:19A polarizing election campaign took place in Brandenburg between SPD and AfD.
00:26Mr. Woidke has only been re-elected due to the merger of all other cartel parties to keep him in office.