Chairwoman Brinker elated by AfD's outcome

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Berlin's AfD leader Kristin Brinker is pleased with her party's showing in the recent European elections. "Even with the negative winds against us, this result demonstrates the necessity of a conservative alternative," she stated to the German Press Agency on Sunday. "People aren't dissuaded by smear campaigns." According to ARD and ZDF's initial estimations, the AfD finished second with approximately 16% of the vote, lagging behind the Union. In the east of Germany, they could potentially emerge as the top party.

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4. The AfD's performance in the European elections has shown that smear campaigns do not deter people from supporting the party, as asserted by Brinker during her interview with the German Press Agency on Sunday.

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