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… After CDU elects new leader, who will be the CDU-CSU chancellor candidate? … After …

… CDU-CSU choose Laschet and Greens choose Baerbock as … 26 to elect the Bundestag. For most parties, the party leader is its presumed chancellor candidate in the election … CDU leadership to “go wider into the party.”  Yesterday, after a seven-hour online meeting of the CDU’s national board …

… As German Court examines EU plan to issue debt, CDU & CSU argue about chancellor candidate … As German Court … the European Parliament approved an Opinion supporting a new Own Resources Decision (ORD) by the Council that would … and repaying the €750 billion of debt. In November, after a good deal of haggling between the Parliament and …

… After another election setback, the CDU moves up date for choosing new leader … After another election setback, the CDU moves up …

… After another defeat in state election, Merkel announces she will step down as CDU leader … After another defeat in state election, Merkel … the German state of Hesse went to the polls and elected a new Landtag. And as happened in the state election in Bavaria …

… The SPD and Greens make big gains in German election, CDU & CSU get worst result ever … The SPD and Greens make big … ever On Sunday, German voters went to the polls to elect a new Bundestag to replace the one elected four years ago. The … to almost 40 percent by May and June of 2020. But then after edging down a bit and leveling off at about 35-37 …

… AKK resigns as CDU chair, and Germany and Europe wonder who will lead after Merkel … AKK resigns as CDU chair, and Germany and … his party would seek the dissolution of the Landtag and a new election (something that would require a two-thirds …

… Gains for the Greens and setbacks for the CDU and AfD in German state elections … Gains for the Greens … the substantial losses suffered by the AfD were good news for most Germans. One might assume that if the … the SPD, which hopes to not only remain in the government after the September election but win the chancellor’s office …

… CDU surprises pollsters, scores big win in German state … German state of Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls to elect a new Landtag, the state’s legislative assembly. The last of … issue that gave rise to the surge in support for the AfD after 2015-16 has receded dramatically and the AfD’s effort …

… 26, German voters will go to the polls to elect a new Bundestag to replace the one elected four years ago. Over … moved into the lead over the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social … to almost 40 percent by May and June of 2020. But then after edging down a bit and leveling off at about 35-37 …

… seats. Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), led by Armin Laschet, won 24.1%, 196 seats. Scholz … the second spot. He outlined that “voters wanted something new, CDU does not just fail to mobilize its base – they … to vote for The Greens and Liberals.” Katharina Schulze, Leader of the Alliance’ 90/The Greens group in the Landtag of …

… the state and, with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its sister party in the other German states, and the … 1970 until 2008 it won more than 50 percent of the vote. After suffering a dramatic defeat in 2008, when its share of … in the state. But it won only 85 of the 205 seats in the new Landtag and will have to form a coalition with one or …