Laschet

Ninety-seven days ahead of the general elections, Germany's conservative 'union parties' CDU and CSU introduced their election manifesto. "Stability and renewal" is what they want. The new program marks the beginning of the post-Merkel era. Guess how many times today's Chancellor was mentioned in the new election program.

Armin Laschet just became candidate for Chancellor for Germany's conservative Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian-Social Union (CSU). He…

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, if the CDU supports him. It was the first time he said so directly.

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 Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet. "We hope we can break the wave", he said.

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…

Because of the regional Coronavirus outbreak in Gütersloh county, some federal states in Germany refused to accept residents from there at hotels. Now there is…

The authorities in Gütersloh county are fighting the most serious local Coronavirus outbreak in Germany since the crisis began. At the Tönnies meat factory, more than 1,300 employees are infected.