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Why is far-right AfD dominating in northeast Germany?

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Germany 's far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD) won its best-ever result in snap elections.

In the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , the AfD was the strongest party.

The mayor of Pasewalk , Germany 's smallest city, tells Euronews that people in the region feel unheard at federal level.

A shortage of skilled workers, high taxes and energy costs, poor infrastructure and bureaucracy is crippling the region, says Enrico Komning .

Komning is an AfD directly-elected member of parliament for Gro Luckow.

The pressure will be on for the new German government to revive the economy.

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