Jana Schimke, a former CDU member of the Bundestag from Brandenburg and now head of Germany’s hotel and restaurant association, belongs to the party’s conservative wing, which long bristled at ...
When former Chancellor Angela Merkel's name was put forward, it made the headlines.President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's second term in office ends early next year. This would be a first in history: ...
BERLIN — The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany's national election. They narrowly beat outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc in a ...
Angela Merkel didn’t just win Germany’s Sept. 22 parliamentary elections — she triumphed. Her Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, emerged strengthened ...
Chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the far-right AfD of only serving its "own interests" during a CDU party conference speech. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel was welcomed as a special guest at the ...
The Social Democrats were once a "big tent" party, with the support of almost half of Germany's electorate. Now, the SPD is ...