Turnout was 62.6% in Thuringia, a 2.3% increase on 2019, and 75% in Saxony, up 8% on the previous state election. CDU's Merz skeptical on BSW team-up, but says it's the local leaders' call CDU ...

BERLIN (JTA) — Recognizing Israel’s right to exist is now mandatory for those who want to become German citizens in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Applicants living in the ...

Saxony and a number of other states in eastern Germany are seen as strongholds of the AfD. In the 2021 federal election, the far-right party took first place in Saxony with 24.6% of the vote ...