Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) will pick their next leader through an unprecedented rank-and-file vote after a dismal result in September's election, party chiefs said Tuesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party will elect its new leadership by the year's end, general secretary Paul Ziemiak said Monday, detailing plans for a clean slate after a disastrous election that the party lost to the Social Democrats.
German conservatives will unveil Monday a plan to win voters in a future without Angela Merkel, as chancellor candidate Armin Laschet looks to extend his lead ahead of September's election.
Angela Merkel's conservatives scored a convincing win at state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, seeing off a threat from the far-right AfD in the final regional poll before the first
election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor.
Germans were heading to the polls in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran
chancellor.
Angela Merkel's conservatives could face a far-right upset at key state polls on Sunday, the last big test of Germany's political mood before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor.
Tensions simmered among Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Friday as the State Premier of Bavaria openly criticised the man who beat him in a bruising battle to lead the alliance into elections.
A sea change in German politics began this
week with two leading parties announcing their candidates to succeed Angela
Merkel at September's elections, when the veteran chancellor will bow out from
politics.
Angela Merkel's conservatives on Tuesday
confirmed Armin Laschet's nomination as their chancellor candidate in
September's election, as his rival conceded following a bitter battle that has
left the bloc deeply divided.
Angela Merkel's conservative party early on Tuesday firmly backed Armin Laschet to be the conservative bloc's chancellor candidate at Germany's upcoming elections, hoping to draw a line under a bitter battle with challenger Markus Söder.
The leader of Angela Merkel's party warned of a "polarising" election campaign Monday as Germany's conservatives prepared for fresh talks over the bitter battle to succeed the chancellor at upcoming elections.
Two conservative leaders locked in battle for Angela Merkel's crown failed to reach a deal by their self-imposed
deadline, pushing the chancellor's CDU-CSU alliance deeper into crisis Monday
months before elections.
A bruising internal struggle to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel has left Germany's once stable ruling conservatives in disarray and on the brink of implosion less than six months ahead of elections in September.
Bavarian regional leader Markus Söder on Sunday said he would be open to standing as the German conservative bloc's
chancellor candidate in September elections, putting an end to months of flirting with a run at Berlin.
With less than six months to go until a general election and their poll ratings plummeting, Angela Merkel's conservatives are meeting for crunch talks Sunday as pressure builds to pick their chancellor candidate.
In light of inconsistent approaches between Germany's 16 states in stemming the spread of Covid-19, a new parliamentary initiative calls for the country to have more powers in enforcing nationwide measures.
The head of Angela Merkel's party on Tuesday
doubled down in a standoff with the chancellor over Germany's pandemic
measures, calling for less control from central government and "more trust"
for the regions.
Germany's ruling coalition parties agreed
Friday to tougher transparency rules for MPs in the wake of a damaging corruption scandal which has seen Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives
slump to record lows in opinion polls.
A politician from Angela Merkel’s CDU party collapsed and died on a trans-Atlantic flight on Sunday, leading German prosecutors to seek further details about the circumstances of her death.
Germany's health minister came under the spotlight Sunday over reports that his husband's company sold masks to the ministry, as a row over mask contracts dogging Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives refused to die down.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance was haemorrhaging support on Friday as a fourth MP
resigned in a corruption scandal dogging the party six months before general elections.
Amidst rising Covid infections and stalled vaccinations, Germany’s “super election year” has kicked off with heavy losses for Merkel’s Christian Democrats in two key state elections. The previously unthinkable possibility of the CDU leaving the Chancellery—or even national government altogether — is no longer off the table, writes Aaron Burnett.
Following bitter losses for the Christian Democrats (CDU) in two state elections, pressure is growing on the new CDU leader and possible candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet. A new survey shows that the North Rhine-Westphalian state premier is falling short of expectations.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party on Monday admitted it must do better in its pandemic management after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, six months before a general election.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was in crisis mode Monday after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, seen as a rebuke of its pandemic management six months before a general election.
