An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of ...

Since German reunification in 1990 there has been a steady decline of inhabitants, particularly among young workers. Map showing the ... dependent on coal and a former thriving textile industry ...

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of ...

“The reunification of Germany has yet to happen,” said Carl Bildt, the former prime minister of Sweden on X referring to the election map. “The former (East German) areas now dominated by ...

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

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 parties ...

Germany has been reborn three times since 1945. The first was in 1949, with the formation of the Federal Republic. The second was reunification in 1990, when West Germany absorbed the communist East.

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 ...

An analysis of Germany’s election data shows that Sunday’s vote was historic for several reasons. Five key observations show how the country's politics are changing.

The fact that a routine diplomatic meeting unraveled into an event that reshaped the global order shocked many but has ...