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Friedrich Merz
Friedrich Merz is the chairman of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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Laschet presents CDU policy team
The CDU candidate to replace Chancellor Merkel has presented his policy team. Will it help him turn things around?
SPD makes big gains against Merkel's CDU
The conservative CDU has been overtaken by the center-left SPD, which has seen its best poll result in years.
Merkel questions SPD's Scholz on Left party
Angela Merkel has taken the Social Democrat candidate to succeed her to task over his possible coalition options.
SPD sees poll surge ahead of TV debate
Four weeks before the Bundestag election, Angela Merkel's rival center-left party is seeing a rise in public support.
Germany: Merkel's CDU and Social Democrats level in polls
Support for the center-left and center-right parties in the run up to September's election has leveled out.
Poll: Social Democrats gaining ground
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is emerging as the most popular candidate to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German chancellor candidates visit flood-hit region
Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz have been touring areas devastated by floods, promising funds and reconstruction help.
Laschet: Afghans convicted of crimes must go
Germany's conservative leader Armin Laschet says asylum seekers who commit crimes must return to their homeland.
Germany's Seehofer backs Afghanistan deportations
The minister sees no reason why criminals cannot continue to be deported, despite the insecurity in Afghanistan.
Merkel 'successor' under fire for laughing at flood visit
CDU's chancellor candidate Armin Laschet apologized for his "inappropriate" laughter at a disaster area.
Will German WerteUnion share Tea Party's fate?
The right-wing fringe of Angela Merkel's party is in disarray. Will it go the way of the Tea Party?
Germany's unruliest political rogues
All German political parties have a politician who annoys party leaders by making outrageous statements.
Germans want political continuity
In less than one hundred days, Germans will vote for a new parliament.
Merkel's conservatives present election manifesto
Germany's CDU/CSU reject tax hikes, remain vague on climate and aim for trans-Atlantic unity on China.
Armin Laschet: With Russia 'you have to talk more, not less'
CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet says Germany must seek cooperation while pushing back on critical issues.
Saxony-Anhalt election result is Laschet's victory
Rosalia Romaniec
The CDU's resounding win in Saxony-Anhalt shows the AfD can be defeated — even in the east.
Germany's CDU gets boost with surprise victory
Angela Merkel's party got a boost, while the Green party had its hopes dashed.
CDU fends off far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt
The center-right CDU will remain the largest party in Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament, according to projections.
The Merkel Method - Interview with Katarina Barley (E08)
How does she do it? How has the German Chancellor managed to stay on top for so long? And: What is "Merkeling through"?
CDU's Laschet says Germany must uphold NATO commitments
Laschet's comments are intended to challenge his rivals on the issue.
A guide to Germany's possible coalitions
Coalition negotiations are the vital beginning of every legislative period. So what options are there?
Opinion poll suggests Green party could head next government
Voter support seems to have shifted considerably following the nomination of the Green party chancellor candidate.
German parliament agrees to set up Helmut Kohl foundation
The foundation will honor the former chancellor's political legacy, which includes German reunification.
Germany's CDU under fire over ex-spy chief nomination
The decision to have Hans-Georg Maassen run as a candidate in upcoming federal polls has prompted a wave a criticism.
Merkel nemesis Friedrich Merz joins team Laschet
The staunch conservative is throwing his weight behind struggling chancellor candidate Laschet — to get what in return?
German Greens ahead of CDU/CSU in new poll
The Greens have recorded their best polls in history, surpassing Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives as elections near.
After Merkel: Who's going to be Germany's next chancellor?
Armin Laschet or Annalena Baerbock: who will replace Angela Merkel?
Young German politicians support their top candidates
Armin Laschet, Annalena Baerbock, and Olaf Scholz — what young party folk think of them?
Who could succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor?
Three parties have fielded a candidate to succeed Angela Merkel.
Germany: Markus Söder backs Armin Laschet for chancellor
Söder, who leads the CDU's sister party in Bavaria, had until now been a contender to fight for the chancellorship.
CDU party officials back Laschet as chancellor candidate
Armin Laschet has won the support of the CDU party board in a late night vote.
Germany's conservative rivals unable to break impasse
Bavaria's Markus Söder has said the ball is in the CDU's court to decide on a chancellor candidate.
Untangling the German election process
DW breaks down the ins-and-outs of the Bundestag election as Germany heads to the polls on September 26.
Söder, Laschet refuse to quit scrum for Merkel job: report
The candidates vying to represent Germany's conservatives in September's election held unsuccessful late-night talks.
CDU/CSU split in search for Merkel's successor
Each party supports its own leader as chancellor candidate. The alliance's long-term prospects are in the balance.
German conservatives to isolate Islamist groups
The Christian Democrats could cut government ties with groups that support "political Islamism," Die Welt reports.
CDU supports Laschet as chancellor candidate
The leaders of Germany's CDU party support Armin Laschet to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor candidate.
Laschet and Söder pitch themselves as Merkel's successors
The Merkel loyalist Armin Laschet and Bavarian leader Markus Söder are both ready to run for Germany's chancellorship.
German CDU chairman calls for harder lockdown
Laschet's proposals have been met with skepticism by political opponents.
German government approval drops ahead of Easter
Germans turn sour on CDU after botched Easter lockdown plan, vaccine delays and internal squabbling.
Russia-backed hackers target German legislators: report
A cyberattack affected seven Bundestag members and 31 state parliamentarians, according to a Spiegel report.
German mask scandal: Bavaria issues arrest warrant
Public prosecutors in Bavaria have issued an arrest warrant as part of their investigation into corruption.
Angela Merkel forces unity to fight COVID
German politicians find it more difficult to agree on anti-COVID measures as they move into election campaign mode.
CDU lawmaker dies on plane from Cuba to Germany
Karin Strenz collapsed during a flight with her husband and was pronounced dead after an emergency landing in Ireland.
4 in a month: lawmaker quits Merkel's conservative bloc
Tobias Zech of the Bavarian CSU said he wanted to "protect my family and my party" by stepping down preemptively.
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats at a crossroads
Marcel Fürstenau
After historically bad results at state polls, Germany’s conservatives must repair their image, says Marcel Fürstenau.
Troubled times for Angela Merkel's CDU
Does the end of Merkel's chancellorship mean the decline of her CDU? Has Germany embraced the Greens as its new center?
Merkel's CDU pens new ethics rules after mask scandal
DW has obtained an internal CDU document issued in the wake of several corruption-related retirements.
Greens are jubilant, Merkel's CDU suffers defeat
The conservatives will find it hard to gloss-over their poor performance ahead of national elections later this year.
Merkel's CDU takes a hit in regional elections
The Christian Democrats have lost ground in two crucial state elections in Germany.
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