Friedrich Merz (L), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, speaks next to Markus Soeder, Minister President of Bavaria and chairman ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to just 28% in a new poll, just 19 days before the country votes in one of the most important elections in recent memory. Meanwhile, the formerly ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrat-led bloc secured 208 out of 630 seats in the lower house of parliament, meaning its leader, Friedrich Merz, will have to navigate complicated coalition ...

Polls opened at 8 a.m. (0700 UTC) and closed at 6 p.m. Latest projections put CDU/CSU at 29%, the right-wing populist AfD at around 19.5%, and Chancellor Scholz's SPD at 16% The AfD is shunned by ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), its more openly right-wing Bavarian affiliate, announced the names of their ministers in the incoming federal ...

Germany's Centre Right Alliance (CDU/CSU) managed to secure the most seats in the country's parliamentary election on Sunday, suggesting a more innovation-friendly environment awaits. Friedrich Merz's ...

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them to form a government after taking first place in the German ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz during an election campaign appearance in Erfurt in August 2024 [Photo by Steffen Prößdorf / Wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0] On Wednesday, with the support of the ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government for Germany. While the parties are bitter rivals, they have cooperated in ...