The CDU/CSU received approximately 28.5% of votes in Sunday’s election, coming in close to the 30% support estimated ahead of the polls. This will put them in first place, but their victory is ...

Friedrich Merz from the opposition CDU is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor. Leaders of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are gearing up to lead the country's next ...

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 ...

German voters go to the polls this Sunday to elect a new parliament, with Merz's centre-right CDU/CSU leading the polls at around 30%, ahead of far-right AfD at 20%. Due to the German “firewall ...