Projected results put Germany's far-right AfD party ahead of its rivals in Thuringia and on course for a gain in Saxony. Here are the results and what they mean for the balance of power in the states' parliaments.

Although Germany's women's rights activists weren't as radical as their sisters in Britain, they started their struggle for equal rights very early, and they persevered.

What would Germany look like if only women voted? Which parties would be in power and which decisions might have gone differently?

Hundreds of thousands have continued to take to the streets to protest the far-right opposition in Germany. In the small town of Döbeln, in the AfD stronghold of Saxony, older women have set up their own Grannies against the Right group.

What the German government decides will have international repercussions. Either declare an emergency and borrow more money, or cut spending until something (probably) breaks?

Germany's budget crisis, the Middle East and climate change topped the agenda at the Green Party's 2023 convention.

Well-known MP Sahra Wagenknecht has announced plans for a new party that could shift the fragile balance of German politics

Germans’ efforts to confront their country’s criminal history and to root out antisemitism have shifted from vigilance to a philosemitic McCarthyism that threatens their rich cultural life.

How much truth is there to the accusation that Germany's AfD is not just a right-wing extremist party but crosses the line into neo-Nazism?

German police arrest "Prince Heinrich XIII" — a 71-year-old man who has gained followers through his controversial political views — as part of an operation against suspected coup conspirators.

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