The narrow win by Olaf Scholz’s party came in a state election, the third in a series that was seen as a reflection of the ...

The ‘basic law’ is designed to prevent the return of national socialism and sets out a comprehensive set of rights for ...

The ruling SPD has just scraped by in a critical electoral test, but a closer look at the numbers show trouble for next ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD party narrowly beat the far-right Alternative for Germany in the Brandenburg election, ...

After elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the far-right AfD party has again massively gained in a poll in eastern Germany. Now ...

Germany's Social Democrats won in the eastern state of Brandenburg, pushing out the far-right AfD in a tightly contested race ...

The leaders of Germany's far-right AfD hail the party's electoral success after coming a narrow second place in a regional ...

Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where ...

The election in the state of 2.5 million people followed other recent polls in states in the east of the country, where the ...

Germany's chancellor appears to have narrowly dodged humiliation after exit polls suggested his party has held off the far ...

Three state elections in eastern Germany this month told the same story: The far-right Alternative for Germany is growing in strength and disrupting the political landscape.

The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of the vote, ...