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Merkel Criticises Leader of Her CDU Party for Cooperating With German Far-Right

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for drawing on support from the far-right to pass a motion in parliament, in a…

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Vote for CDU-CSU, Italy’s foreign minister tells Italians living in Germany

Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and his centre-right party Forza Italia urged Italians living in Germany to support the conservative alliance in the country's snap election scheduled on Feb 23.…

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Friedrich Merz:CDU leader sets sights on becoming German chancellor

Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first ever government job: as…

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Germany’s CDU hit by major cyberattack

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was targeted by a large-scale cyberattack on Saturday that forced the opposition party to temporarily take parts of its IT infrastructure off line. Law enforcement…

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German conservatives elect right-winger Merz as new party leader

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) on Saturday elected arch-conservative Friedrich Merz their party leader to follow the more centrist Armin Laschet, who lost September's national election to…

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Germany’s CDU party elects Friedrich Merz, 66, new leader

Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats elected Friedrich Merz their leader to follow Armin Laschet, who lost September's national election to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats. Merz, a right-winger, is popular with…

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German CDU leader Laschet offered to stand aside – media

BERLIN, Oct 7 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Armin Laschet offered to make way for a successor after leading his party to second place in last month's national election, multiple…

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German coalition talks could get going by mid-Oct – CDU’s Spahn

Germany's political parties should be clear by the middle of October about who will take part in formal coalition talks after the Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, the…

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Young Germans tired of status quo put faith in Greens, liberals

Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens could not be further apart on issues like taxation, climate change and fiscal policy, but Sunday's election revealed one thing they do have…

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German CDU’s Laschet admits ‘painful losses’ in federal election, insists on coalition talks

Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) expressed concern on Monday at the scale of the party's defeat in the former Communist East in Sunday's federal election that marks the end of the…

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German SPD seeks allies to replace Merkel-led coalition

Germany's Social Democrats were set on Monday to start the process of trying to form a government after they narrowly won their first national election since 2005 to end 16…

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German SPD beat conservatives in vote to decide Merkel successor

Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16…

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German SPD extends lead over Merkel’s sliding conservatives

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have opened up a five-point lead over Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives ahead of a Sept. 26 national election that promises multiple coalition options, a poll showed.…

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Reeling German CDU candidate looks to lieutenants for help

The conservative candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to pick five close allies to champion a key policy theme each in an effort to revive his campaign ahead…

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German CDU candidate struggles to revive flagging fortunes

The conservative candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to revive his campaign in a heated debate with his two main rivals on Sunday, according to a snap poll,…

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German CDU’s poll lead slips again, Laschet’s rating slumps before Sept election

Support for Germany's governing Christian Democrats fell further in an opinion poll published, as a weak performance on the campaign trail by party leader Armin Laschet increasingly weighs on his…

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Germany’s conservatives promise voters ‘stability and renewal’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives promised tax relief and tight public finances on Monday in an election manifesto they hope will propel them to victory in September's election, but critics questioned how…

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UPDATE – German conservatives set for clear state election win in boost for Laschet

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives look set for a resounding victory in a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday, in a boost to Armin Laschet, who hopes to succeed her…

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Laschet faces eastern test in bid to succeed Germany’s Merkel

Armin Laschet, Chancellor Angela Merkel's would-be successor, desperately needs his Christian Democrats to win a regional vote on Sunday to avoid questions resurfacing about whether he is the right candidate…

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CDU overtakes AfD ahead of Saxony-Anhalt election – INSA poll

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have edged ahead of the right-wing AfD party ahead of Sunday's regional elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, a poll showed. The INSA poll for…

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Poll puts far-Right AfD ahead in German regional elections

A shock poll has put the far-Right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in first place ahead of regional elections in eastern Germany next week. An AfD victory in the state…

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Opinion poll suggests German Green party could head next government

Germany's governing "Grand Coalition" between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Social Democrats (SPD) currently does not have the support from a majority of voters…

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German CDU backs Laschet to succeed Merkel as chancellor

BERLIN, April 12 (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) backed party chairman Armin Laschet on Monday to run for chancellor at a September election, and asked him to speak to…

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German CDU top brass back Laschet as chancellor candidate

The executive committee of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) backed party chairman Armin Laschet on Monday as the conservative bloc's candidate for chancellor at federal elections in September, party sources said.…

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Bavarian leader ready to run as German chancellor candidate – sources

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - The leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) party, Markus Soeder, said on Sunday he was willing to run as the conservative candidate for German…

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Senior German conservatives set to discuss chancellor candidate choice

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - The two contenders vying to be the German ruling conservative coalition’s candidate for chancellor in September’s election are due to meet leading members of the…

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Merkel’s party “in free fall”, poll shows, as Greens gain

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has slumped three percentage points in a week to its lowest in over a year, a poll released this week showed, with the…

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Merkel’s bloc loses another lawmaker to corruption allegations

Another legislator from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc stood down on Thursday evening when a magazine reported he had taken cash to lobby for a North Macedonian political party,…

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German CDU confirms Laschet as new leader

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats confirmed centrist Armin Laschet as their new party leader on Friday after a postal ballot, which was required to legally uphold his election by delegates…

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Poll shows low support for new CDU head as Merkel successor

Only a minority of Germans back Armin Laschet as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel in elections later this year, according to new poll published on Sunday. Laschet, North…

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UPDATED: Armin Laschet elected new CDU leader

Germany's Christian Democrats elected Armin Laschet as chairman on Saturday, aiming to unify their divided party behind a new leader who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when…

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Merkel’s party set to decide on her successor in January

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) will choose a new leader in mid-January, the party's general secretary said on Saturday after a Dec. 4 party congress was postponed due…

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Germany’s CDU postpones December 4 congress to choose new leader

The executive committee of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) has decided to postpone the party congress planned for Dec. 4 to elect a new leader, sources within the…

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German CDU to start search for new leader next week

Germany's outgoing conservative leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she would "start the personnel selection process" to find her successor next week. On Monday, Kramp-Karrenbauer announced she was to step down as…

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Merkel’s chosen successor Kramp-Karrenbauer will not run for chancellor, to resign from party leader

The party leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she will not run for chancellor. She will also step down from as party leader. Kramp-Karrenbauer surprised party leadership on…

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German politician resigns over far-right ties

Robert Möritz, a local politician from the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, surprisingly announced his resignation from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Friday, saying he wanted "to…

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Leadership of CDU in doubt

The question of who will succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor was left hanging in the balance after her anointed successor signalled that she could step down. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has…

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Angela Merkel faces party revolt over Huawei in German 5G rollout

Leading figures in Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have defied the German chancellor by throwing their support behind a motion to make sure parliament has a say in the…

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CDU Congress targeted by Greenpeace

A Greenpeace activist carries a C letter while entering the venue of the Party Congress of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) in Leipzig, Germany, 22 November 2019. On 21…

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CDU leader wants Merkel to stay until 2021

There is no reason for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to leave office before her planned departure in 2021, her protegee and would-be successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said as they both…

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Germany’s centre parties nervous ahead of election in the East

Sunday will see another state election whose results will be pored over by pundits for signs about the future of German politics. The eastern German state of Thuringia is getting…

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German MPs urge Merkel to keep Huawei out of 5G network

A group of MPs from Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is pressing the German chancellor to keep Chinese telecom company Huawei out of the country's 5G network, citing national…

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Elections in eastern Germany could shake Merkel’s coalition

Elections on Sunday in Saxony and neighboring Brandenburg, two federal states in former East Germany, have the entire country holding its breath. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised…

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CiConsulta Election Watch – Germany Regional Elections

German regional elections on Sunday can possibly reshape the political German east, hurt mainstream parties – and possibly catalyse the end of the Merkel era. Five million voters will be…

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CDU leader Kramp-Karrenbauer appointed German defence minister

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of the German Christian Democrats, has been named as the country’s new defence minister, just as the previous holder of the post Ursula von der Leyen was…

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SPD insists German coalition Government won’t split over Ursula von der Leyen nomination

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition will not collapse over European Union leaders’ choice of Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen to head the European Commission, Katarina Barley, who led the German…

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CDU leader warns against blocking von der Leyen nomination

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, head of Merkel's Christian Democrat party (CDU), warned her junior coalition partners against blocking the appointment of a German, Ursula von der Leyen, to head the European Commission,…

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Photo story – Behind closed doors – Germany

Christian Social Union (CSU) regional group chairman in the German parliament Bundestag Alexander Dobrindt, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) faction chairman in the German parliament Bundestag…

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Germany passes controversial migration law

Germany on Friday passed a controversial package of bills bringing major changes to the country's asylum and immigration policy. The package included the so-called "Geordnete-Rückkehr-Gesetz" or "Orderly Return Law"…

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German government in jeopardy after Social Democrat leader quits

German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to continue with her government after the leader of the center-left Social Democrats, a junior partner in the coalition, resigned following a series of disappointing…

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Merkel excludes early exit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied speculation that she would resign before the end of her term in 2021. In recent days media reports suggested she would announce her intentions at…

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Lega set to be second party in European Parliament latest projections

La Lega or the League Party of Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is set to win 27 seats in May's European elections, according to new set of projections…

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Weber insists that Turkey will not become an EU member

Manfred Weber, the European Peoples Party's (EPP) lead candidate to be the new EU Commission President , Wednesday insisted that Turkey will not become an EU member. Weber insisted…

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Germany’s new CDU leader distances herself from Merkel’s migration legacy

The new leader of CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, unveiled her plans for a tightening of immigration rules, which is seen as part of a move to distance the party under her…

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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer elected as new CDU leader

The Christian Democratic Union party has elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as party leader, marking the start of a new era for Germany’s ruling party. She is replacing Angela Merkel who earlier…

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Merkel bids farewell to CDU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has given an emotional farewell speech to her ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), as she steps down as party leader. In her final speech as party chair…

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