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Kate Connolly in Cottbus, Brandenburg

UNBELIEVABLE: Far right afd looking to make german history in brandenburg state election - Caught on Camera

Man shields eyes from bright lights as he peers at something
Björn Höcke, leader of the AfD in Thuringia, at the rally in Cottbus. Photograph: Christian Jungeblodt/The Guardian

Björn Höcke shielded his eyes from the bright lights as he peered from the stage into the crowds gathered on a square in front of a gothic church in central Cottbus.

Flanked by the slogans “It’s time for real change” and “It’s time to save our country,” the leader of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Thuringia swept into Cottbus, the second largest city in the state of Brandenburg, for the party’s final rally before a regional election on Sunday that could determine the fate of Germany’s government.

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