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The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (German: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands [ˈkʁɪstlɪç demoˈkʁaːtɪʃə ʔuˈni̯oːn ˈdɔʏtʃlants]; CDU German pronunciation: [ˌtseːdeːˈʔuː] ⓘ) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.
- Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union. The Leader of the...
- Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Die CDU ist die Volkspartei der Mitte. Unser Kompass ist das christliche Bild vom Menschen und wir glauben an den Zusammenhalt unserer Gesellschaft. Deshalb stellen wir das Verbindende über das Trennende. Wir übernehmen Verantwortung. In 50 von 70 Jahren Bundesrepublik Deutschland war der Bundeskanzler einer von uns. Und die Bundeskanzlerin.
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- Leaders of The Group in The Bundestag
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Predecessors
Both the CDU and the CSU were established after World War II and share a perspective based on Christian democracy and conservatism and hold the dominant centre-right position in the German political spectrum. The CSU is usually considered the de facto successor of the Weimar Republic–era Bavarian People's Party (BVP), which itself broke away from the all-German Catholic Centre Party (DZP) after World War I, but the CSU included also parts of the agrarian and liberal Bavarian Peasants' League...
CSU ambitions to become a nationwide party
During the 1970s and then again after 2015, several CSU leaders have expressed the wish to make the CSU a truly independent party without formal ties to the CDU. Usually they combined this wish with an expansion to the rest of Germany. After 1969, CDU and CSU were in the opposition in the Bundestag. CDU leader Kohl wanted to win the liberal FDPagain for a coalition with the CDU/CSU, while the CSU leader Strauß had different plans. He aimed for a right wing majority without the FDP. Additional...
Tensions in 2016–2021
Under the chairmanship of Angela Merkel (2000–2018), the CDU left some right wing positions behind and shifted more to the political centre. Especially the 2015 refugee crisis divided the German population and caused conflict between the CDU and the CSU.[citation needed] Therefore, a federal CSU was discussed again among party members and journalists. For example conservative Welt columnist Ansgar Graw wrote in 2016 that CDU and CSU lost its stance as a law and order party. As Merkel's CDU co...
The CDU and the CSU usually only differ slightly in their political stances. The CSU is usually considered more socially conservative (especially on family issues, e.g. the CSU favors providing infants' parents with compensation (Betreuungsgeld) if they intend not to use the public day nursery system to work while the CDU favors public funding of d...
CDU and CSU are two separate parties with separate organization. While the CDU is a federal party with members and local affiliations in 15 of the 16 German states, the CSU has members and affiliations only in Bavaria. (CSU online members live outside of Bavaria but have no vote within the party.) Also, the CDU runs only in regional and local elect...
- 1949; 74 years ago
- Centre-right
No party has led the German government as often as the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), having occupied the chancellor's office for 57 of the 72 years of the Federal Republic of...
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics.
17. Mai 2021 · Christian Democratic Union of Germany / Christian-Social Union. Established: 26 June 1945. Members: CDU 405,816 / CSU 139,130 (12/2019) MPs in the Bundestag in the period 2017–2021: 245 of 709 MPs in total. Chancellor Candidate in 2021: Armin Laschet, Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia. Historic figures:
