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Friedrich Merz
Friedrich Merz is the chairman of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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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.
Germany: Third MP quits amid lobbying scandal pressure
Mark Hauptmann is the third German MP among Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives to exit over lobbying claims.
'Face mask scandal' undermines confidence in politics
Volker Witting
The politicians who profited from corrupt lobbying have squandered public servants' greatest asset: trust.
COVID corruption scandal hounds Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU
Two politicians received kickbacks for brokering mask deals. For their parties, the timing could scarcely be worse.
A guide to Germany's political parties
Here's a who's who of German political parties.
German Muslim students face online Islamophobia
Muslim students say they became the targets of vicious online attacks after a digital meeting with a CDU politician.
Few Germans back new CDU head as chancellor candidate — poll
Armin Laschet won the CDU chair but a pollster shows him eclipsed by Bavaria's Markus Söder as potential chancellor.
The safe choice
Katharina Kroll
By electing Armin Laschet as leader, the Christian Democrats have decided not to change the party Merkel made.
Armin Laschet, Angela Merkel loyalist, is new CDU leader
The CDU's most powerful state premier is now the party's leader. Does he also want to be chancellor? Wait and see.
Merkel: Pandemic will make Germany 'stronger'
Germany is facing a "once-in-a-century" threat with the pandemic but would only grow stronger, the chancellor said.
Germany's ruling CDU to elect new chairman
CDU delegates are about to elect a new leader — who may replace Chancellor Angela Merkel this fall.
Power struggle erupts in Saxony-Anhalt
What began as a fight over broadcasting fees has escalated into a crisis that could bring down the state government.
The Greens go mainstream
The Greens used their latest party conference to make clear that they see themselves as a party of government.
Will Germany lock down until Christmas?
Senior German politicians suggest extending lockdown restrictions into December to cerb the coronavirus.
Merkel's successor to be decided in January
The party congress, originally scheduled for early December, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Merkel's CDU postpones key conference amid COVID-19
The CDU/CSU party conference seeking a successor to Angela Merkel may only take place virtually when it does go ahead.
Do we need a right to work from home?
German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil wants to give employees the right to work remotely. What are the pros and cons?
Why has Germany's far-right AfD slumped?
Is a drop in support in the East a sign of things to come for the far-right?
German politician 'regrets' gay chancellor remarks
Friedrich Merz was slammed for the way he answered a question about Germany having an LGBT+ chancellor.
Is Germany ready for a gay chancellor?
An interview with a leading conservative politician of Angela Merkel's party has revealed that prejudice still exists.
Potential German chancellor slammed for homosexuality remark
Former CDU lawmaker Friedrich Merz was asked if he would have reservations about a gay chancellor leading the country.
NRW local election sees likely gain for Greens
The environmentalist party has seen its best result in a municipal election, according to an exit poll.
German mega-state votes in test for Merkel's conservatives
All eyes are on Germany's most-populous state, where parties face a test ahead of the 2021 national election.
German lawmakers warn Gerhard Schröder over Russia projects
CDU and Green politicians have urged the former chancellor to "immediately give up his offices and posts in Russia."
Germany: Coalition agrees to downsize Bundestag
The electoral reforms would see Germany cut the number electoral districts from 299 to 280 by the 2025 election.
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