The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany's new parliament met for ...

While Germany attempts to form its new government, only four of its political parties will have the chance to become part of a new ruling coalition. The far-right AfD is likely to be excluded from ...

With Germany gearing up for an election ... the larger parliamentary faction usually avoid working with the post-communist party, so the Left's chances of actually implementing these policies ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

Gysi worked as a lawyer in the former East Germany before helping to reform the old communist party after the Berlin Wall fell. He was first elected to the Bundestag after reunification in 1990.

in 1952 and then the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1956. >>Read: Artful wording to allow Germany to impose a limit on refugee numbers A potential final hurdle for a ban could prove to be the ...

Gysi grew up in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a communist dictatorship ... With the all-powerful Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) on the verge of dissolution after the fall of ...

Communist Party leader Tim Buck and seven others were ... Deported November 1932. Hans Kist born in Germany. Married. Labour organizer. Deported in 1932. Died after being tortured in a Nazi ...