SPD set to finish ahead of far-right AfD in Brandenburg vote DW (English)Regional Victory Brings Germany’s Scholz Brief Respite From Growing Pressure Within Party U.S. News & World ReportScholz’s Social Democrats hold back the far right in German state vote The Associated PressScholz Escapes Another Defeat to Far Right in German State Vote BloombergGermany’s Social Democrats narrowly escape disaster in Brandenburg The Economist