In East German rust-belt, economic fears boost far right

Heinersbrück (Germany) (AFP) - "We're dying here and no-one is listening to us," says Heidemarie Liebo, a retired woman from Heinersbrueck, an eastern German village hit by depopulation and despair. The community of 600 people in southern Brandenburg state near the Polish border is adjacent to one of the region's biggest job providers, the coal-fired power plant Jaenschwalde. The locals are worried about the future, many feel ignored, and they are turning their backs on Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and the other mainstream parties.

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