German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday campaigned for his Social Democratic Party (SPD) ahead of key elections in the eastern state of Brandenburg that are being watched at home and abroad amid fears of the rise of the far right. “For me, it is very important that Brandenburg continues to progress in the future,” Scholz told dpa on a visit to a film museum in the state capital of Potsdam, near Berlin. Brandenburg is currently governed by the SPD under Premier Dietmar Woidke, but Scholz’s party is neck-and-neck with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in polls before Sunday’s vote. How…