The wind of the ultra-right also blows over Brandenburg

(ANSA) - BERLIN, 21 SET - His name is Dietmar Woidke: he's the man in the spotlight of the upcoming local elections in Germany, where Brandenburg will vote on Sunday. And this time he is a Social Democrat. After the triumph of the ultra-right in Thuringia a fortnight ago, AFD's advance in the state surrounding Berlin also seems difficult to stem: the party is in the lead and has been showing a slight advantage for weeks over the SPD, which has ruled here uninterruptedly since Reunification.
    The outgoing president has dared a bold move, asking voters to choose: either him or them. And this means that should his party come in second, as the polls predict while remaining the region's most beloved politician, Woidke will step back and hand over the baton to the current finance councilor for coalition negotiations.
    This is an unnecessary risk and one that could indeed cost him the next legislature: although ahead, in fact, Alternative fuer Deutschland remains, as everywhere at the federal level, an isolated party and will not be able to govern.
    Next Sunday's polls are also the third and final test of the season (and year) for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is grappling with an increasingly fragile government and a dramatic drop in support, including personal support. Some analysts think that Kanzler will lose either way. If Woidke wins, the victory will be attributed to the personal merits of a politician who, in government for 11 years, has distanced himself from Berlin and the federal leader.
    According to one of the latest surveys by INSA, AFD would win 28 percent, with the SPD following with 25 percent. The CDU would have 16 percent of support, Sarah Wagenknecht's red-brown populist party BSW 14. Out of the small parliament would remain the ecologists with 4 percent and the left-wing Linke with 3.
    (ANSA).