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Coalition Backs CDU’s Ansgar Heveling to Lead Germany’s Federal Audit Office

The move sets up a May vote requiring an absolute majority.

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

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

Bundestag Posts High-Paid TikTok Role in Klöckner’s Office

NRW Opposition Seeks Special Investigator as Scharrenbach Confronts Workplace-Abuse Allegations

Greens Pull Within a Point of CDU in Baden‑Württemberg Polls

Germany Sets January 30, 2027, Election to Choose Steinmeier Successor

CDU Employee Wing Demands Chancellery Council Ahead of Party Congress

CDU’s Linnemann Opens Door to Non-Politician, Favors a Woman for Germany’s Next President

CDU Leads Tight Baden‑Württemberg Race as Auto Industry Crisis Sets the Agenda

CDU Halts Beer and Wine Service During Friday Session of Stuttgart Party Congress

Reinhold Würth Predicts FDP Exit Ahead of Baden-Württemberg Election

CDU Drops 'Lifestyle Part-Time' Label, Presses Ahead With Review of Work-Time Rights

German Government Denies Report of Merz Planning Shake-Up Focused on Jens Spahn

Haseloff Casts 2026 Saxony-Anhalt Vote as a System Choice and Calls for Unity

Bouffier Rebukes Spahn Over Pension Vote Discord, Warns Against AfD Cooperation

Kramp-Karrenbauer Defeats Merz’s Pick to Lead CDU-Aligned Adenauer Foundation

Klöckner Seeks Law Change to Block Hiring of Staff Denied Bundestag Access

Activists Install Walter Lübcke Statue Outside CDU HQ as Berlin District Grants Two-Year Permit

Former President Wulff Urges Merz to Retract 'Stadtbild' Remark