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Friedrich Merz

CDU Win in Rhineland-Palatinate Triggers SPD Leadership Crisis

The co-leaders refuse to resign, launching an internal review after the rout.

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate as AfD Reaches Record 20% in West

CDU Reclaims Rhineland-Palatinate After 35 Years as AfD Posts Record Western Result

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate, AfD Surges as Grand Coalition Likely

Rhineland-Palatinate Votes As Bavaria Decides 294 Local Runoffs

EU Summit Rebukes Orbán Over Ukraine Aid, Orders Workaround, Moves to Cushion Energy Shock From Iran War

Rhineland-Palatinate Heads to Polls With CDU and SPD in Dead Heat

Greens Win Narrowly in Baden-Württemberg as SPD Crashes, Berlin Feels Fallout and Bavaria’s Map Shifts

Greens Edge CDU in Baden‑Württemberg as Özdemir Moves to Form Government

Greens Edge CDU in Baden-Württemberg as Özdemir Poised to Lead

Greens Edge Ahead in Baden-Württemberg Vote, Setting Up Özdemir for State Leadership

Baden‑Württemberg Votes in Neck‑and‑Neck Race as Turnout Climbs

Baden-Württemberg Votes in Knife-Edge CDU–Green Contest to Succeed Kretschmann

ZDF and ARD Lock In Late-Night Lineups on CDU Aftermath, NATO East Risks and Epstein Files

Phantom Goal Protest, Kompany’s Anti‑Racism Address and Badé Injury Headline Turbulent German Sports Weekend

Merz Re-Elected CDU Leader With 91% as Party Backs Under-14 Social Media Ban

Criminal Complaint Targets German Skimountaineering as Olympic Debut Intensifies Scrutiny

Germany Moves Toward Social Media Age Limits as CDU Prepares Party Vote

Merz Sets Harder Security Line and Pushes Child Social-Media Curbs as CDU Gathers in Stuttgart

CDU Employee Wing Demands Chancellery Council Ahead of Party Congress