Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.
Last week, the CDU broke the mainstream parties' so-called firewall of noncooperation with the far-right Alternative for ...
Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...
Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with far-right support, triggering a backlash ahead of ...
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...
The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...
As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...
Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...