The election race in Schwerin pits a migration official against a far-right politician who’s taken a hard line on the issue.

This chart shows which issues Germans consider most pressing in their country.

The process of industrialization, globalization and urbanization—spreading out from urban centers into the countryside—is one ...

Despite making up less than one-fifth of the German population, eastern German voters are in particular focus ahead of the ...

Germany was reunified on 1989 under western conditions. The experiences of its eastern half were not valued, creating fertile ...

Despite EU countries fronting an outward show of unity over the Trump White House's tariff threats, dividing lines are ...

When Germans go to vote in one week's time, after a polarising election campaign overshadowed by a far-right surge, they are ...

And that tension can be politicised. In Germany, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a far-right nationalist and völkisch party, is using the “urban-rural divide” to polarise and mobilise an ...