Laschet

On Sunday, the conservative CDU and its Bavarian version CSU got one of the worst election results in their history. Still, Armin Laschet behaved like a victor. Now, more and more prominent CDU members slam him.

In Germany, Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz, the candidates for Chancellor of the left-wing Greens, the the center-right CDU/CSU and the…

Ninety-seven days ahead of the general elections, Germany's conservative 'union parties' CDU and CSU introduced their election manifesto. "Stability and…

Armin Laschet just became candidate for Chancellor for Germany's conservative Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian-Social Union (CSU). He might be Angela Merkel's successor in a few months from now. The elections take place on Sunday, September 26th, 2021.

In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU may — or may not — have a candidate for Chancellor. Armin Laschet, the…

In Berlin, Markus Söder told the participants of a meeting of the 'Union' parties' Bundestag fractions, he would be willing to become candidate for Chancellor,…

Germany needs a new Chancellor. Angela Merkel is generally very popular, but she is preparing to go in September. So, who will it be?

Germany's last major party, the conservative CDU, is scheduled to vote for a new chairman this week. The winner might become Chancellor in September.

In Germany, it is too early to tell whether the semi-lockdown the government put in place on Monday works, according to the First Minister of North…

In Germany, the federal government intends to convince the First Ministers from the federal states to agree to a semi-lockdown of the kind the country went through in spring. But schools and kindergartens are supposed to remain open.