Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD ...

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the early euphoria of reunification, enduring economic inequalities between East and West have hollowed out support for Germany’s major ...

The resonance of far-right politics among younger voters suggests that Germany’s political landscape is undergoing a ...

Christian Lindner triggered early elections last fall with a move meant to save his party. It brought chaos at an inopportune ...

Explore the complete list of German Chancellors from 1871 to today, including their tenures, political parties, and key ...

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

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

What is certain is that Germany must focus on ensuring its own effective defenses, preferably in close cooperation with other ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe looks ...

When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, the news was met by many in Europe with both stunned surprise and guarded optimism.

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election ...

Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...