Scholz, meanwhile, called earlier this month on other parties to block the “right-wing extremist” AfD from office by maintaining a so-called firewall against it.
The chancellor, an SPD member and former leader, described the results in Thuringia and Saxony as “bitter” and “worrying”.
Hans-Christoph Berndt, the AfD candidate for Brandenburg state premier, cast his ballot in the town of Golssen, south of Berlin on Sunday and said the party had seen growing support since the last state election in 2019.
Bolstered by youth support, the AfD has been narrowly leading the SPD in the polls – but more than a quarter of voters are estimated to be undecided.
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