Germany's reunification.On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union emerged as the strongest party after the election ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

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"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 ...

Settling for Less. As many people, including President Nixon, had expected, the Soviets had obviously refused to allow the bellicose East Germans to create a crisis that would have jeopardized ...

That’s exacerbated by the fact that former East Germans are less aligned with the West than people in other parts of the country, especially when it comes to migration and the war in Ukraine. “People ...

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

In March 1990, 400 East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to take power after a free and fair election. Their goal: Germany's reunification. On March 18, 1990, the Christian ...