A total of 31 of the 46 members of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) executive body backed Mr Laschet in a secret vote. He beat the main rival Markus Soder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, who ...

BERLIN — The contest over who should become Germany’s conservative nominee for chancellor took a dramatic turn early Tuesday after the Christian Democrats (CDU) backed their party leader Armin Laschet ...

BERLIN — A 54-year-old Bavarian Bible thumper who fathered a love child and enjoys dressing in campy costumes might sound like the last person one would expect to become the rock star of German ...

Armin Laschet was named as the German centre-right’s candidate for Chancellor in this year’s national election. Mr Laschet said he would campaign on a platform of change and innovation, promising a ...

On October 14, Bavaria will elect a new state parliament. But this election is making headlines far beyond the borders of the Free State — so what is it all about? On October 14, Bavaria will elect a ...

“We have to compete with the one with whom we have the best chances according to surveys, and that is by far Markus Söder,” Rhineland-Palatinate CDU member of the Bundestag Johannes Steiniger told Der ...

Armin Laschet, just elected to chair Angela Merkel's CDU party, seems little preferred by Germans as a candidate to succeed her as chancellor in September. One pollster puts him on 12% with Bavaria's ...

Germany’s race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel began in earnest on Sunday when both leaders of her centre-right parliamentary alliance threw their hats into the ring. After months of speculation, ...

Last week, 59-year-old Armin Laschet was elected the chairperson of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany’s ruling party. The CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social ...

(MENAFN) In a significant policy proposal, a senior official from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has stated that if the party were to regain power in Germany, it would cease providing social ...