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CDU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn addresses a session at the Bundestag in Berlin on October 16, 2025, as Chancellor Merz listens in the background.

Desperation Grows in Berlin as Merz Coalition Faces ‘Brutal Polls’

TEC News / AFP October 31, 2025

With the right-wing populist AfD reaching record national support, pressure mounts on Chancellor Merz and his coalition.

SPD politician Adis Ahmetovic during the 2021 federal elections campaign in Hanover in 2021

“Cityscapes” Dispute Pits SPD Against CDU

Javier Villamor October 27, 2025

Friedrich Merz’s frank comments on urban decay caused by mass migration ignited a political storm between the ruling coalition partners.

Merz Migration Remarks Spat Shows Establishment Coalition Can’t Work

Michael Curzon October 22, 2025

The chancellor didn’t say too much about German “cityscapes”—he didn’t say enough. Yet his own party is losing its head, anyway.

AfD Co-Chair Alice Weidel at the Bundestag Party Day in Cologne on April 23, 2017

AfD Now Breaking Its Own Poll Records While CDU Keeps Its Fingers in Its Ears

Michael Curzon October 21, 2025

The right-wing populist party keeps rising in popularity, and insists that “there’s even more to come.”

A woman with a child in front of a destroyed portrait of Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus in 2024

Syrians Still Reluctant To Leave Germany Despite Regime Change

Rebeka Kis October 20, 2025

Although more than €3 million was allocated for voluntary returns, only 289 Syrians have been returned to their homeland under state-specific programs.

CDU leader and (then) chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz during a campaign event in Erfurt in 2024

Firewall Here To Stay: CDU Rejects Engagement With AfD

Rebeka Kis October 20, 2025

Millions of AfD supporters are snubbed as the party continues to be excluded from leadership positions in the Bundestag.

Berlin Backs Imprisoned Terrorists Through Federal Program

TEC News October 15, 2025

Scandal erupts as the Ministry of Family Affairs, led by CDU’s Karen Prien, is uncovered financing a solidarity event for violent left-wingers.

German soldiers of the Bundeswehr collect donations for the German War Graves Commission in Hannover, Germany on 18 November, 2021.

Majority of Germans Support Return to Military Call-Up

Rebeka Kis October 14, 2025

Public backing for a return to conscription has grown since the start of the Ukraine war.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz at a campaign event in Erfurt on August 21, 2024

Merz’s Crackdown on Migrant Handouts Fixes Nothing

Zoltán Kottász October 9, 2025

Germany scraps Bürgergeld and its three-year citizenship rule, yet Merz’s “turning point” barely alters the system he vowed to overhaul.

EU’s Chat Control Hits Roadblock as Germany Says No

Michael Curzon October 9, 2025

Campaigners warn that while the proposal for mass scanning of private messages has been knocked back, it is not yet completely gone.

Tag: CDU

Desperation Grows in Berlin as Merz Coalition Faces ‘Brutal Polls’

“Cityscapes” Dispute Pits SPD Against CDU

Merz Migration Remarks Spat Shows Establishment Coalition Can’t Work

AfD Now Breaking Its Own Poll Records While CDU Keeps Its Fingers in Its Ears

Syrians Still Reluctant To Leave Germany Despite Regime Change

Firewall Here To Stay: CDU Rejects Engagement With AfD

Berlin Backs Imprisoned Terrorists Through Federal Program

Majority of Germans Support Return to Military Call-Up

Merz’s Crackdown on Migrant Handouts Fixes Nothing

EU’s Chat Control Hits Roadblock as Germany Says No

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