East Germany

Europe

The fallout from AfD’s ‘historic victory’ in Germany

The stronger Alternative für Deutschland and potentially Wagenknecht’s new party become, the harder it will be for centrist parties to avoid collaborating with either of the two

Constantin Eckner

Is it fair to compare Germany’s AfD with the Nazis?

Thuringia’s elections ought not to matter too much to the outside world. But it was here that the Nazis had their first electoral breakthrough

Lisa Haseldine

Why Germans are flocking to the AfD

The far-right party has seized on the wolf and crusades for hunting to cut the population

Leon Mangasarian

Germany shouldn’t cancel Bismarck

His fluctuating reputation has always revealed a good deal about German attitudes to its stormy past

William Cook

Europe

East Germans still find it hard to see Russia as the enemy

Unlike Eastern European states, the GDR was also never subject to Russification

Katja Hoyer