Chancellor Angela Merkel will probably lose yet another powerful regional leader of her party on Sunday when Ole von Beust, the popular mayor of Hamburg, is expected to resign, German media ...

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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of current conservative leader Friedrich Merz's migration policy has put renewed focus on the former chancellor's sour relationship with ...

Merkel’s CDU, the bad coalition party Von Ulf Poschardt Herausgeber WELT, „Politico“, „Business Insider“ Veröffentlicht am 25.09.2017Lesedauer: 5 Minuten ...

As Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) grows ever popular, the country’s once dominant Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party finds itself at a crossroads.

Likely coalitions in Germany will either see the SPD or CDU/CSU forming a government with the Green Party, which took 14.8% of the votes, and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), with 11.5%.

After two failed bids for CDU party leadership, in 2018 and 2021, he was selected to lead in 2022, cementing his political comeback. Merz’s desire to distance himself from Merkel’s legacy is ...

EURACTIV Germany reports. Chancellor Angela Merkel is the face of the CDU's European election campaign. Germany, August 2005. [Simon Müller/Flickr] Euractiv is part of the Trust Project ...

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...