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 ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soder, has said the German conservatives would only enter into a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) if Olaf ...

MUNICH — Polls show many German conservatives want to switch out their parties’ candidate for chancellor just six weeks before the election, but the more popular pick says he won’t oblige. The chosen ...

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 ...

If all goes well for him, the unprepossessing figure you see here will be the chancellor of Germany by the end of the year. Probably the best way to think of Armin Laschet is as someone with the ...

“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 ...

BERLIN, September 27. /TASS/. Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) Markus Soder has blasted the performance of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) at the Bundestag ...

New German government can credibly claim fresh start with its appointments and responsibilities, but given challenging times, its untested lineup risks policy paralysis Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...