While it has got votes in almost every constituency in this election, the party has traditionally enjoyed greater popularity in the east of the country — in areas that made up the communist German ...

Almost all of the old East Germany has turned AfD blue. The party has always been more popular in German areas that were once under Soviet rule, but this year has tightened its grip. Image ...

The far-right AfD surged in the east, while young voters boosted a left ... Scholz’s leadership suffered due to crises and coalition infighting. German chancellor Olaf Scholz after first ...

“The German government under Kohl implemented a plan, essentially, that involved a pretty rapid de-industrialisation of the East,” he said. “The Eastern enterprises were sold off in a fire ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party (AfD) party saw particular support in the former East Germany ... largest in the legislature. The German parliament has slashed its seats ...

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They finished second overall in the EU vote, and regionally, in their heartland areas of East Germany, the state of Thuringia became the first German region to elect a far-right party since the ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has posted an historic result, cementing its role as a major force in German politics. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suffered a ...

Merz told supporters in Berlin on Sunday evening, promising to swiftly form a parliamentary majority to govern the country and restore strong German leadership in Europe. The election, which was ...

That’s extraordinary. I don’t think it should be underestimated at all. Katja Hoyer, German-British historian and author of “Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990”: In terms of comparisons to the ...

Since German reunification in 1990 there has been a steady decline of inhabitants, particularly among young workers. Map showing the location of Forst, a small town on Germany's border with Poland.