East Germany

East Germany is a far-right stronghold — economics helped make it happen

Alice Weidel, chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, speaks to supporters as they wave German…

Germany’s fragile coalition dealt fresh blow as far right lands first state win since World War II

The ruling coalition in Berlin is likely to struggle onward until a nationwide vote next year, according to political commentators,…

German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second

A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east on Sunday,…