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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

with populist parties on the extreme right and left taking more than 60% of the vote in Thuringia and almost half in Saxony. The Alternative for Germany is on course for a clear victory in ...

Founded in 2013, far-right Alternative für Deutschland – or Alternative for Germany (AfD ... according to ZDF. In Saxony, which also held a regional election Sunday, the two parties are ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is targeting wins in elections in the eastern states of Saxony and Thuringia scheduled for Sunday. The AfD is currently leading in the polls in ...

Closely watched elections in the former East Germany are likely to reveal a still-divided country and yield a worrying challenge to Berlin. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger traveled for three ...