The Independent’s Tom Watling reported on an AfD march, and counter-protest, in Thuringia this weekend. The elections in Germany demonstrated a gendered split among the right and left which has ...

The stark east-west divide in national vote share from Germany’s national election on Sunday has been revealed in new data. News agency Reuters has created a map using result figures that show a ...

BERLIN — Victories for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany in two eastern states prompted Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday to urge mainstream parties to forge coalitions without the ...

But the AfD’s success in Thuringia in a huge win nonetheless for a party that was launched only in 2013. And the results make grim reading for Scholz, who will seek re-election in 12 months with ...

AfD won its state election in Thuringia on Sunday under one of its hardest-right figures, Björn Höcke. In Saxony, the party finished only just behind the mainstream conservative Christian ...

The local elections results in Thuringia and Saxony are seen by many as a litmus test for Scholz and his coalition partners ahead of next year’s general elections. While the AfD has put ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since ... party in the eastern state of Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote, and to come ...

Germany's Far-Right AfD Set to Come First in Thuringia Election - Exit Poll BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's far-right AfD was on track to coming first in the state election of Thuringia on Sunday ...