German voters decide on 23 February who will run their next government, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian ...

The latter unsuccessfully battled then-CDU leader Armin Laschet for the nomination in 2021 and was forced to back off despite his high popularity ratings. Laschet famously went on to lose the ...

Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

German party CDU may once again turn to the far-right for support in an upcoming immigration vote.

Christian Democratic Union will neither enter coalition talks with the AfD nor form a minority government, ex-chairman Armin ...