Elections – Germany: Marginal victory for the Social Democrats in Brandenburg over the far-right AfD
The SPD won 30.9% of the vote, while the AfD came second with 29.2% - The Bundesrat (BSW) and the Christian Democrats are the other two parties entering parliament
SPD narrowly beats outgoing Merkel’s party in German elections
SPD leader Olaf Scholz says he has a clear mandate to form a government,
Cornered Merkel seeks to revive “grand coalition”
The SPD, which had said it would go into opposition after its worst election showing since 1933, reconsidered when Germany’s president intervened
