The Street Journal3d
A look back: East Germany’s first freely elected parliament
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 ...
The Street Journal13d
How women in East and West Germany struggled for equality
Were women in communist East Germany (GDR) truly more emancipated than women in capitalist West Germany? Or is that merely a cliche that came about after German reunification in 1990? Clara Marz ...
Politico Europe24d
German election rekindles old divisions
In 2021, the SPD won on both ends of Germany’s decades-old and persistent East-West divide. But as the socialists beat a retreat in Sunday’s election, that gap became glaringly visible once more. In a ...
The New York Times25d
The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election
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 ...
France 2425d
How Germany’s enduring East-West divide is pushing voters to the fringes
“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 ...
Al Jazeera English25d
Charting the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party
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 ...
Sky25d
German election results show stark east-west divide decades after fall of Berlin Wall
Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...
The Independent25d
How Germany voted: Election results map shows far-right AfD surge in East as CDU win most seats
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 ...
New York Sun25d
Election Lands Germany at a Crossroads at Which We All Have Arrived
If on the final results, the only parties to meet the 5 percent threshold necessary for representation in the Bundestag are the Christian Democrats, Alternative for Germany, SPD, Greens, and the Link ...
The New York Times25d
Germany Election Maps: How Conservatives Regained Power
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 ...
London Evening Standard26d
Germany's election map highlights stark east-west divide across the country
The stark east-west divide in national vote share from Germany’s national election on Sunday has been revealed in new data. News agency Reuters has created a map using result figures that show a ...