Germany’s Political Extremes Surge: Left Wins Berlin as AfD Takes Eastern State

Germany’s Political Extremes Surge: Left Wins Berlin as AfD Takes Eastern State

Supporters of Hamas gather in Berlin. Photo: Reuters/M. Golejewski Germany’s political center suffered a major setback on Sunday as the …

Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual

In a striking show of antiestablishment voter sentiment, the Left won in Berlin on the same night that the far-right Alternative for Germany won in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

First they take Manhattan

One bit of German I remember from my high school days is the direction “Links um die Ecke.” We should probably extract from John’s report on the most recent electoral success of Germany’s right-wing AfD party in ⁠the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the note that things were looking different in Berlin. Left around the corner… Germany's far-left Die Linke party won Berlin’s city-state elections on Monday and celebrated its victory with Fr…

Germany’s Political Center Squeezed as Far Left and Far Right Win Big

Germany woke up Monday to an electoral map […]