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New Poll Setback for Germany's CDU and Merz

What many in Germany's CDU feared following Sunday's election debacle in the state of Saxony-Anhalt now appears to be coming ...

Survey: Hard-left just in front of conservatives ahead of Berlin poll

Ahead of the election to Berlin's state parliament on September 20, a poll released on Friday put The Left party narrowly ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party, the conservative Christian ...
CNN

German elections: CDU’s Merz looks set to be next chancellor as far-right AfD surges

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...
The Washington Examiner

CDU promises Germans stable solutions to immigration, terrorism, and defense ahead of election

BERLIN — A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition palatable for all citizens. The Union parties — the Christian Democratic Union and its ...
Forbes

Germany’s Energy And Climate Policy Under CDU: What To Predict

Germany’s previous coalition government could not agree on necessary measures to achieve the binding national 2030 climate targets and a number of political issues were left unresolved. But in the ...
Bluewin

CDU Stronghold in Eastern Germany Sends an Urgent Letter to Merz

In Grossbeeren near Berlin—considered a CDU stronghold in the eastern German state of Brandenburg—the CDU has written a scathing letter to Chancellor and party leader Friedrich Merz. Following the ...

Merz must resign, says first party member to break ranks

A member of Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has broken rank to call for the chancellor’s resignation.

‘Most severe defeat in decades’: Merz concedes CDU rout, vows to press ahead with reforms

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged the CDU’s crushing defeat in Saxony-Anhalt as the AfD surged to nearly 44% of ...