Germany's reunification.On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union emerged as the strongest party after the election ...

The Left Party, which has its roots in East Germany's communist party, launched a highly popular social media campaign and succeeded at appealing to young voters, many of whom were concerned by ...

East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to have come to power in free and fair elections.On March 18, 1990, ...

Her own mother was a shift worker — it was normal for women in former East Germany to work. They were indispensable to its socialist "economy of scarcity." In West Germany, in contrast ...

“The Eastern enterprises were sold off in a fire sale … it's hardly an exaggeration to say that East Germany was just sold off to Western businesses and Western property owners. And that was ...

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 ...

Yet, to this day, bourgeois authors and politicians attempt to shift blame for the rise of neofascist movements in East Germany to the GDR. By doing so, they ignore a crucial reality: after the ...

An infamous border passage in East Germany calls to mind the need for compassion in this country for those on the wrong side ...

During the Cold War, German neutralists were a constant contender in German politics and produced the argument that the United States should ... Alternative for Germany, SPD, Greens, and the Link ...

In the former East ... they were not enthusiastic about Mr. Merz personally. But they hoped that he could forge a strong government to solve problems at home and abroad and keep Germany’s ...

The federal states that made up East Germany were more inclined to support the AfD and other parties outside the mainstream.