The stark east-west divide in national vote share from Germany’s national election on Sunday has been revealed in new data.

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s election as voters rebuked the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Voters gave ...

NPR's Guy Raz reports from the eastern German city of Schwerin that since East Germany adopted the West German currency ten years ago, the road to economic reform in the East has been rocky.

Under the leadership of West Germany’s Christian Democrat ... “If you look up the electoral maps of the general election, it’s as if the old East Germany still exists,” he said.

Germany’s historical Drang nach Osten— push toward the East —has more often than not involved expansion and conquest at its neighbors’ expense. Now West Germany is looking eastward again ...