Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

The populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has surged ahead of the country’s Green party, polling on Wednesday has suggested.

The termination of all remaining nuclear power plants on Saturday marks a “black day” for Germany, the leader of the CDU has said.

The result of Berlin’s election is now in doubt after hundreds of postal ballots turned up late in a development that could benefit the left.

Support for left-wing parties has collapsed in Berlin after elections were re-run in the city on Sunday over “errors” in the previous ballot.

The head of the German opposition has claimed that a number of migrants from Ukraine are engaging in so-called “welfare tourism” in his country.

Germany’s economic and climate minister has angrily lashed out at Angela Merkel’s former Christian Democratic Union party, describing it as being responsible for “16 years of energy policy failure”.

A number of European MEPs have demanded that the EU slap sanctions on Britain should Liz Truss decide to rip up the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Those taking the German government to task over the ongoing gas crisis have been branded as the “new enemies of the state” by one minister in the country.

As the United States’ Supreme Court announced the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Germany voted to further liberalise its own abortion laws.

Berliners should purchase $20 monthly “solidarity levy” tickets, regardless of whether they ever use such services, the deputy mayor said.

Germany’s Antifa-linked Interior Minister is ignoring “fanatical Islamism” as well as extremism on the far-left in order to attack the right, a CDU politician has alleged.

Germany’s conservative opposition leader traveled to Kyiv on Tuesday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz has so far refused to visit Ukraine.

Delegates from the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed prominent conservative Friedrich Merz as the new leader on Saturday.

Armin Laschet, the successor to Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has hinted at resigning as party leader.

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc sought to win over the environmentalist Greens for a possible coalition on Tuesday.

Angela Merkel’s party has suffered its worst-ever election results in Germany’s federal elections, according to preliminary results.

German voters are heading to the polls in what could be a major political shift in Germany and Europe as the era of Angela Merkel’s reign as Chancellor ends after nearly 16 years in power.

BERLIN (AP) – German voters are choosing a new parliament in an election that will determine who succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel after her 16 years at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy.

The frontrunner in the race to replace Angela Merkel, the SPD’s Olaf Scholz refused to rule out forming a government with the radical left.

Angela Merkel’s political party has fallen behind the Social Democrats for the first time in 15 years, as her potential successor falters.

Top members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government are lobbying for the implementation of vaccine passports in Germany.

Angela Merkel’s policies on immigration have been “fatal” to Germany, the countries former top domestic intelligence chief has said.

The likely successor to Angela Merkel said Germany should refrain from containing the rise of Communist China and avoid a second Cold War.

Two allies of Angela Merkel have called for Spain and Italy to build more migrant reception centres as arrivals continue to increase. 

BERLIN (AP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Germans to accept nationwide pandemic restrictions that took effect at midnight, resulting in a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew and further limits on personal contacts and access to nonessential stores in regions with high infections.

The new chairman of Germany’s ruling CDU has called for the nation to enter an even deeper lockdown against the ‘third wave’.

BERLIN (AP) – A lawmaker with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party has died after collapsing on a plane during a flight home to Germany.

BERLIN (AP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “centre-right” party was headed for clear defeats in two German state elections on Sunday at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, projections showed — six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country’s longtime leader.

BERLIN (AP) – A lawmaker with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party said Sunday he will give up his seat in parliament and leave politics after it emerged that his company profited from deals to procure masks early in the pandemic — drawing sharp criticism in an election year.