Germany's center-right ruling party has fended off a challenge by the anti-immigrant Right in the last regional test before a national election in September, partial results show.
The Christian Democrats (CDU) of Chancellor Angela Merkel won 37% of the vote in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, in the former East Germany. The Alternative for Germany Party took just 21%.
The Chancellor's beleaguered party did much better than opinion polls had predicted.
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