The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...

supporting East Germany's transition to democracy, based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, should be the cornerstone of U.S. policy toward that country. Political ...

The stark east-west divide in national ... regions as the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) dominated the east, cementing its role in the country’s politics as it secured a huge ...

East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to take power after a free and fair election. Their goal: Germany's ...

West Germany was a capitalist democracy with a prosperous economy, while East Germany was a communist country with a very poor economy. The border between East and West Germany shut in 1952 ...