Germany's energy and climate policies under CDU in five points: The pace of climate action, transport sector development, energy market, adaptation and EU policy.

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor.

The CDU has been ever-present in Germany’s post-war era and oversaw the reunification of east and west. Yet, at the same time, everything has changed since it was last in power.

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party won the election on Sunday and are likely to lead the next coalition government.

In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence ...

Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the leader of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for passing a high-stakes parliamentary motion to tighten migration with the ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s election as voters rebuked the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Voters gave ...

Projections based on exit polls by broadcaster ARD put the CDU at 27.4 per cent, the Greens at 18.5 per cent, the SPD at 18.3, Die Linke at 12.6 per cent and the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Police in Berlin estimated the crowd size at CDU headquarters to be around 6,000, more than the 4,000 that were expected but less than the 13,000 organizers claimed were there.