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Eastern Germany has traditionally been a stronghold of the far-right AfD party. Now, it's emerged as the strongest force in the western city of Gelsenkirchen, a former coal mining hub.
Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections. By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote ...
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They’re the strongest party in east Germany.” When the Wall came down, reunification followed soon after. Under the leadership of West Germany’s Christian Democrat chancellor Helmut Kohl ...
Some of that support is fuelled by resentment that 35 years after Germany reunified, wages in the east are still lower than the west. People are increasingly disconnected from centrist politicians ...
They are popular among the older, rural, Church-going population. The CDU was founded in West Germany after World War II, and has dominated Germany’s political scene ever since. Story continues below ...
Hailing from the Sauerland, a Catholic upland region in far western Germany known for its social conservatism and close-knit village communities, he embodied many of the virtues of West Germany before ...
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Where the AfD has won the most votes The AfD came in first in most constituencies in the former East Germany. Thirty-five years after the reunification of East and West Germany, the country is ...
As a young politician, he was anti-communism, the main political belief of the then-West `Germany. After serving one term, Mr Merz was elected to the Bundestag, where he established himself as the ...