The CDU leader is most likely to face headwinds from the Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU). With a strong media presence, their leader Markus Söder — since he lost the ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz expects little ... Democrat (SPD), has made repeated appeals to Merz's CDU/CSU bloc to work together on legislation. Scholz's fractious ...

With his remarks Mr Merz, leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), signalled a radical ... Bavaria’s ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) pushed back, claiming federal ...

the CDU/CSU bloc led by conservative leader Merz maintains a strong lead in the latest campaign polls. A YouGov poll released Wednesday showed the Christian Democrats at 29% of voter support ...

the Christian Social Union (CSU), will place a comfortable first. That would make CDU leader Friedrich Merz Germany’s probable next chancellor. But a YouGov poll published this week showed that ...

Germany's alliance of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) is leading in polls ... backed the AfD as he hosted its leader Alice Weidel for a discussion ...

The CDU leader’s more populist Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), is piling pressure on Merz to rule out a post-election alliance with the Greens. The CSU is polling steadily on 14 ...

BERLIN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... be connected to the grid immediately," Merz, who heads the CDU/CSU conservative bloc, told t-online in an interview.

In a statement posted on her official website, Merkel criticized CDU leader Merz for reversing his ... The main opposition Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) introduced several motions and a draft ...

CSU leader Markus Söder speaks at the launch of a book about CDU leader Friedrich Merz titled: "Friedrich Merz: His Path to Power". Photo: A month ago, on December 17th, the national Christian ...

The AfD speaks of a "historic moment" after a CDU/CSU bill was passed in the Bundestag for the first time with the help of votes from the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany. As reported ...

Vote for CDU-CSU, Italy's Foreign Minister Tells Italians ... U.S. billionaire Elon Musk recently backed the AfD as he hosted its leader Alice Weidel for a discussion on his X platform, but ...