CDU

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has warned the Union against considering a minority government. Such a setup would amount to an informal alliance with the AfD.

June 05, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

The CDU Presidium has canceled its planned retreat in Magdeburg. Minister President Schulze pushed through the cancellation, even though the meeting was meant to boost the election campaign.

The CDU's economic wing has rallied behind Economics Minister Katherina Reiche after her public clash with SPD Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil over energy policy. Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed dismay at the exchange. A resignation demand from the party's social wing was quickly retracted.

April 01, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

Reiner Haseloff, former Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, attributed the AfD's strength to distrust in established parties in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung. He warned of the consequences of a potential AfD government after the state election on September 6. A coalition with the AfD is out of the question for the CDU, as it aims to destroy the party.

SPD politicians from Schleswig-Holstein criticize the collapse of the political firewall at EU level. Niclas Herbst of the CDU in Kiel defends his party's stance on demarcating from right-wing populists in Brussels and calls for better cooperation in the democratic center.

March 09, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

The Greens have narrowly won the Baden-Württemberg state election with 30.2 percent, ahead of the CDU with 29.7 percent. Both parties will receive 56 seats each in the state parliament. CDU leader Manuel Hagel offered his resignation after the defeat, which was unanimously rejected by the state executive.