Germany's CDU vows to make AfD 'as small as possible again'
Feb 3, 2025 · Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc has faced flak after accepting AfD support on legislation. The man likely to lead Germany's next government has said there would be no cooperation...
German conservatives insist they're the anti-AfD 'firewall'
4 days ago · The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told supporters in Nuremberg that their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at ...
Germany: Protesters decry CDU/CSU over AfD collaboration
Feb 1, 2025 · Markus Söder, who leads the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), voiced public support for this week's parliamentary votes, calling...
German opposition's migration bill narrowly defeated amid …
Jan 31, 2025 · Participants in a protest under the slogan “Human chain against the AfD and its anti-human policies” demonstrate in the city center, in Hamburg, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, the day after with the support of the AfD, the Bundestag approved a CDU/CSU motion to reject asylum seekers at Germany’s borders.
Germans protest at conservative cooperation with far right on …
Feb 2, 2025 · Angry protesters came out in droves in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig on Sunday to oppose Friedrich Merz and the move by his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to pass a resolution in...
Germany’s alliance against the far-right cracks as CDU leans on AfD …
Jan 30, 2025 · The German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has broken ranks with the political consensus against cooperating with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). On Wednesday in the Bundestag, the CDU relied on AfD votes to pass a …
Possible AfD and CDU coalition in Germany? - Euro Weekly News
Jan 30, 2025 · The German parliament has approved a plan by opposition candidate Friedrich Merz of the CDU to tighten asylum rules. Incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused him of ‘breaking a taboo’. The Bundestag convened on Wednesday, January 29, for a fiery debate on immigration and asylum.
What happened in the German parliament and why is the far right …
Jan 31, 2025 · Until now, Germany’s largest parties, including the union of Christian democratic parties the CDU and CSU, and the social democrat SPD, have ruled out any form of cooperation with the AfD ...
Germany’s Merkel blasts CDU leader for cooperating with far-right AfD
Jan 30, 2025 · 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...
Germany’s Election Made a Radical Migration U-Turn
Jan 31, 2025 · Merz shook the foundation of the postwar republic on Jan. 29 by staging a showdown with the government on the topic of migration, an issue that the country’s far-right Alternative for Germany...
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