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

Nach dem klaren AfD-Sieg in Sachsen-Anhalt wächst die Kritik an Kanzler Friedrich Merz. Der Vize-Vorsitzende der CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern fordert einen Wechsel an der Spitze in Berlin.

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them to form a government after taking first place in the German elections as expected. The CDU/CSU received approximately 28. ...

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 2025 election, climate issues were not in focus ...

Die CDU muss sich nach dem Wahldebakel in Sachsen-Anhalt neu sortieren. In der Landtagsfraktion könnte es zu einer Kampfabstimmung kommen.

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 sister party, the Bavaria-focused Christian Social ...

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has edged out in front in an opinion poll around two and a half weeks before voters in Berlin choose a new regional parliament, the House of Representatives.

Video. CDU politician and German MP Günter Krings calls the Saxony-Anhalt election results “devastating”, saying the situation is “even worse than expected” after the far-right AfD won 43.8% of the vote.