the unique one-state subsidiary of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, election, the blow sent shock waves through the whole country. ..…

The election produced consistent divides along demographic and geographic lines in states as diverse as Arizona, Georgia and Texas on one side, and Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on the other. ..…

But today she announced that in December she will step down as leader of her party, the Christian Democratic Union, which she has led for 18 years. ... Establishment parties like the Christian Democratic Union have lost massive amounts of support as voters have turned to..…

Friedrich Merz is currently leading the race to succeed Merkel as head of the Christian Democratic Union in Germany. ... Yesterday, she announced that she would step down in December as the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (cdu). ..…

Broadly, the goal was to radically limit the federal government’s involvement in the economy and vastly expand its power to legislate Christian Right morality. . In the 1990s, the Democratic establishment’s “third way” exposed the party’s lack of a similar set of principles. ..…