Sunday’s federal election in Germany was historic for more than one reason. After the collapse of the so-called ‘traffic ...

There is a determination among all of Germany's main parties to keep that block in place - and the German public backs them ...

Previously divided into West Germany and East Germany until reunification in 1990, Germany — officially known as the Federal Republic of Germany — has 16 federal states. Its federal system allows the ...

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

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 ...

Why is the far-right AfD popular in areas that once made up the communist country of the German Democratic Republic? The ...