FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she waits for Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
GOERLITZ, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Sunday won a run-off vote for mayor in a small town in the east of the country, beating the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party.
The vote in Goerlitz, a town with cobbled streets that has become a favourite location for Hollywood film directors, is seen as a pointer for German state elections on Sept. 1 in both Saxony and in the neighbouring state of Brandenburg.
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