East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to have come to power in free and fair elections.On March 18, 1990, ...

After German reunification, many people believed that East German society would soon become more like West German society. For Steffen Mau, one thing is clear: that was an illusion - East Germany will ...

People are increasingly disconnected from centrist politicians ... capitalist West Germany. The East German economy was so underdeveloped in the years since reunification, and that part of the country ...

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.

Less than one third of East German respondents said they were satisfied with how the labor market has developed, and only one in five people said they believed they lived in a region with emerging ...

"We are one people! No violence!" For the regime, it was the beginning of the end. Even after the fall of the Wall, the lurking power of the Stasi, the secret police, remained. East Germans ...

Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans ...