West German foothold of far-right AfD shows challenge for Merz

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47% : "They don't have any chance of finding a job and so it becomes difficult for everyone to live together," said the town's SPD MP Markus Toens, who won direct election rather than the party list vote won by the AfD. As EU citizens, Romanians and Bulgarians have the same rights to welfare support as Germans, and Toens would like to see the rules on this toughened at a national level. - 'People are unhappy' - The AfD, which won just over 20 percent of the vote nationwide and will be the biggest opposition party in the next parliament, has been quick to capitalise on people's frustrations.

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