The AfD may not end up controlling Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state despite a landslide election victory, but the far-right party's "dream result" sends a clear message.

Elections in three German states this month have altered the country’s political landscape. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), has effectively broken through in eastern Germany. The ruling Christian ...

Centrist politicians are soul-searching after electoral gains by the far right and the far left. Today's weak coalitions, political fragmentation and dire economy echo a past that led to the rise of ...

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Germany's Labor Minister Bärbel Bas has stepped down, citing a family bereavement and the harsh realities of political life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Berlin — Sunday's election results did not give Germany's controversial AfD party automatic control of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, ...

September’s state elections may be the German establishment’s final test as to whether it can ward off right-wing populism and allay its concerns. Over the last 10 years, the United Kingdom voted for ...

The hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” reacted Tuesday to the ongoing rise of the far-right in Germany, warning that Europe’s political center has been “hollowed out” in recent years by immigration and ...

For nearly 80 years, two establishment parties have dominated/monopolized Germany's electoral politics.

Economically troubled Germany just held elections and will soon have a new government. The conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) is likely to create a coalition with ...

Manuela Schwesig, the SPD state premier of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, whose success in limiting the AfD's gains in her state was one of the few bright spots for the government, said she was ...

Prussian Unification and LiberalismFrom 1866 to 1880, Germany underwent a major period of transformation in its political ...