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 ...
Daily Sabah4d
German elections and implications for ties with Türkiye
Germany is heading toward a crucial election following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition ...
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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 ...
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 ...