Party Conventions

After a long process, Germany's conservative party CDU has a new leader. Armin Laschet, the First Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, won against two other candidates.Photo: Imanuel

On Friday night, Angela Merkel's conservative CDU started its first digital party convention. Only a few officials were present in Berlin, while 1,001 delegates…

In Germany, the AfD's leadership wants the party to look and sound moderate. But, at a party convention in a former nuclear power plant in Kalkar, attempts to…

The Greens organized the first purely digital party congress in Germany today, obviously because of the danger posed by Corona. Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck, the two party leaders, held their main speeches.

In the eastern German city of Leipzig, a coup within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party CDU was called off, at least for now. Chairlady Annegret…

In Germany's last big-tent party, the conservative CDU, issues are piling up. There are challenges, both internal and external ones, which need to be confronted…