The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to ...

Germany's election map highlights stark east-west divide across the country - New data from Germany's national election ...

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years.

Germany's election delivered a win to the conservative opposition as well as a historic surge in support for the far-right ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

The far-right AfD doubled its vote share from four years ago and came first in most constituencies in the former East Germany, which has long been its base. The party also won the most votes in ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party (AfD) party saw particular support in the former East Germany, as high as 46.7 per cent in some areas. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...