Although it finished in second place, #Germany's far-right #AfD party achieved a historic high, securing more than 20% of the votes in...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is facing major losses in two key state elections, exit polls show...
The CDU/CSU partnering with the AfD will help to pass the much needed smart conservative initiatives while tempering the more undesirable...
... CDU/CSU bloc was in the lead. "We have won this 2025 federal election," he tells the crowd. (Source: Berliner Modell via Associated Press)
"It's possible, if not inevitable" that Germany's CDU/CSU will govern with the AfD, as a means to pursuing a conservative agenda,...
And politically, it makes very little sense to construct a system in which the CDU/CSU is effectively treated as the outer acceptable...
While Merz's CDU/CSU alliance won 28.6% of the votes, the only centrist two-party option for a majority in the Bundestag is to partner with...
Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz and his CDU/CSU alliance emerged as the winner in Sunday's election. CDU lawmaker Jens Spahn...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is facing major losses in two key state elections, exit polls show...
However, the supposedly center-right CDU/CSU coalition, the leading opposition force in Germany, has not yet overcome Merkel's turn to the...