Germany’s Social Democrats narrowly escape disaster in Brandenburg
Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where the anti-immigrant A f D performs far better than in the west. That made this election a test of whether the SPD could beat the populists on its home ground.
The leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party has sought to squash questions about his candidacy in next year’s national ...
Three state elections in eastern Germany this month told the same story: The far-right Alternative for Germany is growing in strength and disrupting the political landscape.
The narrow win by Olaf Scholz’s party came in a state election, the third in a series that was seen as a reflection of the ...
Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the first far-right political party to win a state election in Germany since World War II.
The premier of the eastern German state of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke, has described the performance of his centre-left ...
The Alternative for Germany party was on course to win in Thuringia ... Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democrats have been a target, denounced the attacks as a threat to democracy.
An exit poll released after voting ended in a state election in Brandenburg, Germany on Sunday showed the Social Democrats ...
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