A look back: East Germany's first freely elected parliament
East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to take power after a free and fair election. Their goal: Germany's ...
The Street Journal3d
East Germany’s first freely elected parliament
On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the strongest party after elections to the East German parliament, the People's Chamber. The CDU laid claim to the offices of prime ...
Thirty-five years ago East Germany's first freely elected parliament began work
East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to have come to power in free and fair elections.On March 18, 1990, ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Politics
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.
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Exhibition examines fight for equality in divided Germany
Were women in communist East Germany (GDR) truly more emancipated than women in capitalist West Germany? Or is that merely a cliche that came about after German reunification in 1990? Clara Marz ...
The Hill14d
Germany’s Merz says Trump-Zelensky fight a ‘deliberate escalation’ by US
Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump on Friday ...
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Brussels, my love? Is Germany back in the EU driving seat?
The panel breaks down the headlines of recent Bundestag elections in Germany. The conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who won the elections, says he aiming to close a coalition agreement with the ...
The New York Times21d
The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election
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 ...
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Under Merz, Germany set for foreign, security policy shift
Merz extends invitation to Netanyahu, despite ICC arrest warrant Although Merz did not give details about Germany's future Middle East policy during his first post-election press conference ...
The Independent21d
Who are the AfD? Germany’s new far-right opposition and the subject of Elon Musk’s infatuation
The party Alternative for Germany (AfD) was first set up in 2013, with its initial manifesto focusing solely on dissolving the Eurozone and opposing bailouts for countries struggling with the debt ...
France 2421d
How Germany’s enduring East-West divide is pushing voters to the fringes
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 ...
Reuters21d
Wary of Trump, Germany's Merz warns it's 'five minutes to midnight for Europe'
His conservative bloc wants to ally with Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), who came in third, after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place. But Merz's ...