This region used to power the former East Germany with its coal mines. But as the economy collapsed, the far right rose. In cities like Görlitz, hard on the Polish border, change has disturbed ...

The results in Saxony and Thuringia reflect the growing fragmentation of Germany's political landscape and in particular, the rise of anti-establishment parties. The Left Party's losses could be ...

with 32.8 percent of votes — marking the first time that the far right has won a state election in Germany since World War II. In neighboring Saxony, the AfD is on track to finish a strong ...

It already had no representation in Saxony. A third state election follows Sept. 22 in another eastern state, Brandenburg, currently led by Scholz's party. Germany's next national election is due ...

In neighboring Saxony, CDU came out ahead, although barely, with 31.7% of the vote, while AfD won between 30.6% and 31.4%. Bjoern Hoecke, the top candidate for the Alternative for Germany party in ...

BAUTZEN, Germany — A thousand revelers waving rainbow flags and bright umbrellas marched through the streets, moving to the pulsing dance music that blasted from a trailer decorated in ...

It had no representation in Saxony. A third state election follows Sept. 22 in another eastern state, Brandenburg, currently led by Scholz's party. Germany's next national election is due in a ...

Their alarming success—particularly the Alternative for Germany (AfD)’s first-place finish in Thuringia ... including changes to the state’s constitution and the election of judges. In Saxony, the AfD ...

Initial projected election results in the eastern German state of Saxony show a neck-and-neck race between the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The top candidate in Saxony, Jörg Urban, is also part of the Höcke wing of the party. Bjoern Hoecke, head of AfD in Thuringia, at a rally of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, party in Erfurt ...

The growing opposition to wind energy in Thuringia and Saxony echoes a broader popular backlash in Germany and elsewhere ... out of concern that it will lower property values and spoil the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was on track to become ... designed to police and disrupt far-right forces. In neighbouring Saxony, projections put the conservatives, who ...