Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters.

Candidate Merz has no previous government experience Is contrast to Merkel's consensus-driven, pragmatic approach Has stoked immigration debate with populist rhetoric Calls for more market-oriented ...

Former German leader Angela Merkel has defended Chancellor Friedrich Merz's record in government, amid frustration in Berlin ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - 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 Germany's ...

Germany is grappling with social reforms and so are the Christian Democrats (CDU). Their party conference will focus on welfare policy and state elections, as former Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a ...

Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union party elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as its new leader on Friday. Kramp-Karrenbauer, nicknamed AKK, is often ...

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

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As Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) grows ever popular, the country’s once dominant Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party finds itself at a crossroads. The center-right CDU was in ...

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