A look back: East Germany's first freely elected parliament
Germany's reunification.On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union emerged as the strongest party after the election ...
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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 ...
Five key takeaways from the German election
Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans have been by this election, which comes at a pivotal moment for their ...
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German election results show stark east-west divide decades after fall of Berlin Wall
Some of that support is fuelled by resentment that 35 years after Germany reunified, wages in the east are still lower than the west. People are increasingly disconnected from centrist politicians ...
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, ...
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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 ...
Exhibition examines fight for equality in divided Germany
"Women in Divided Germany" is the title of an exhibition 35 years after reunification. It sheds light on the realities of life for women in former East and West Germany.