The Christian Democrats have prioritized defense spending and supplying more arms to Ukraine. Though the party is popular in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused the opposition conservatives of looking to cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy ...

CDU/CSU still leads but is losing popularity, SPD and AfD are slightly gaining, according to the latest "Deutschlandtrend" ...

The front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a common European strategy in view of ...

The fragile three-way coalition in the Bundestag has shattered. Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, has lost a vote of confidence ...

The German conservative CDU is worried about the coalition talks between its Austrian sister party, the ÖVP, and the ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is narrowing the gap with Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc in voter ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) — often collectively referred to as the “Union” — are in pole position to win the ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the Christian Democrats (CDU), is tipped to replace Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose term the conservatives have slammed as "three lost years" for the ...

Written off in 2021 as he is today, Mr Scholz executed a perfectly pitched campaign and led the spd to overcome the cdu / csu ’s double-digit lead in its final weeks. Where pundits see only opinion ...

The German conservatives of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have included support for Ukraine and a promise to extend sanctions against Russia in their election programme. Source: Spiegel, as ...