Berlin (CNSNews.com) – As two regional elections loom in Germany, the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) has again increased traction in polls, furthering expectations the far-right, anti-Islam party will succeed in entering 10 of 16 state parliaments.
On September 4, a new parliament will be elected in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in the far north-east, while Berlin will select a new House of Representatives two weeks later.
Rising support for the party comes from a growing number of Germans dissatisfied with the large influx of some one million refugees, a year after Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Germany would have an open-door migrant policy.
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