In Germany’s elections, a last, best chance to hold off extremists
As for the roots of Germans’ despair, there’s a long list. Start with an economy that has flatlined for five years amid ...
German election 2025: What's in the party programs?
DW looks at the main parties' campaign platforms.Germany' s center-right bloc of Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian ...
German election: Voters say Scholz-Merz 'duel' was a draw
Party co-leader Felix Banaszak said the "central question of survival" for current and future generations was ignored in ...
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Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
No one closes rank quite like Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Two weeks before 59 million Germans choose a new parliament – and, most likely, start a power transfer back to the CDU ...
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Germany’s old-school conservatism is well and truly over
Over the past week, much of Germany’s attention has been focused on huge protests against Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz for his flirtation with the far right, and former ...
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‘No contact’: Senior German conservative rules out coalition with far-right AfD
says ex-CDU leader Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will not cooperate or enter into coalition talks with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) after this month’s elections ...
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Sources: Germany's centre-right to push ahead with divisive vote
Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Chairman and CDU/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) parliamentary group leader in the German Bundestag, walks from his office to ...
Daily Sabah7d
German chancellor hopeful vows to up strategic talks with Türkiye
The top contender to be Germany’s next chancellor, opposition leader Merz, lauds Ankara’s strategic geopolitical position ...
Politico Europe4d
Here’s what Germany’s next government will look like
BERLIN — The question is not who will be Germany’s next chancellor ... Merz’s center-right alliance — the Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union — is ...
The Irish Times10d
Bundestag MPs reject migration bill by Christian Democratic Union and backed by far-right Alternative for Germany
With cheers of surprise and shocked faces , Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and backed by the far-right ...
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German election 2025: What's in the party programs?
Frederic Kern/Geisler-Fotopress/picture alliance Germany's center-right bloc of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) has unanimously voted in ...