Two state elections in Germany send a message of stability, but the Greens set a new record while centre-right and far right both lose ground.
Category: Germany
January electoral roundup
A monthly feature summarising some recent electoral news. Today Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Uganda and Germany.
Party games in Germany
Germany's centre-left has chosen a moderate to lead it into next year's election. The centre-right may or may not follow suit, but both parties have similar issues to confront – as do their counterparts in other countries.
Germany’s problem is our problem
A resolution of sorts to the crisis in Thuringia, but still no clear answer to the centre-right's dilemma.
Meanwhile, in Thuringia
Outrage in Germany as liberals and centre-right vote with the far right in a state parliament. Has an important taboo been broken?
Another German left turn
After years of drift towards extremism, Germany's far right party takes a step back towards the mainstream.
Germany’s centre-left searches for an identity
A new left-wing leadership for Germany's Social Democrats represents a step into the unknown and means trouble for Angela Merkel.
A Thuringian cliffhanger
A German state delivers a majority to the extremists after a knife-edge count. Coalition-building is going to be very interesting.
One more German election
An election on Sunday in the small German state of Thuringia may have big implications for European politics.
Brandenburg and Saxony
Elections in two German states this weekend provide another opportunity for pundits to fret about the rise of the far right. So far, however, the centre-right is holding firm.