Topic: Manuela Schwesig

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Can popular state premier Schwesig hold off the far-right AfD?

Manuela Schwesig has led Germany’s northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 2017. Will the center-left premier be able to stop the far-right AfD from emerging as the strongest force in Sunday’s election?

18 Sept 2026, 12:16 UTC

Politics

SPD state premier campaigns as one-woman bulwark against AfD

Manuela Schwesig, of the center-left SPD, has governed the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, on the Baltic Sea coast, since 2017. Ahead of this weekend's election, she is campaigning against the nationalist AfD.

18 Sept 2026, 11:15 UTC