On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the strongest party after the election for the East German parliament, the People's Chamber. The conservative CDU laid claim to the ...

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

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people in the east finally broke the Berlin Wall in 1989 that marked the physical as well as the symbolic border between the two parts. In this backdrop, it makes sense that AfD’s stronghold today is ...

You only have to look at a map of Germany to see where much ... communist country with a very poor economy. The border between East and West Germany shut in 1952, with the divide in Berlin closing ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...

What is the five-point migration plan? 1. Enhanced border controls: Reinstating controls at Germany's borders with neighboring countries to curb illegal immigration. 2. Revised asylum procedures ...

“If you look up the electoral maps of the general election, it’s as if the old East Germany still exists,” he said. “The vote for AfD, the fascist or far-right party if you ...

In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote ...

An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of Europe is.

German Election Results 2025: Germany is voting today in an election that is unprecedented in various ways. The country has muddled through years of a coalition government and seems on course to elect ...