The German elections showed rising support for the far-right AfD, and increased dissatisfaction running rampant in German ...

Friedrich Merz will try to govern with a moderate coalition at a time of rising support for extremist political forces ...

ANALYSIS: This staunch opposition to a political party would not be the first time the German hierarchy has taken an active ...

Social and political impact of the Depression on the Weimar Republic The reasons for growing ... switch their voting habits and support extreme parties - the Nazis and Communists.

Historians have argued that there were two main weaknesses of the Weimar Republic. Proportional Representation Each political party got the same percentage of seats in parliament as the percentage ...