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SHARE Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany's doors to Syrian refugees was one of the defining moments of her 16 years in power and has been a flashpoint in German politics ever since. But Mrs Merkel is bowing out this year and the candidates to succeed her at September’s election are largely unknown quantities in foreign policy – although they have struck different tones on the refugee issue. Dr Muriel Asseburg, an expert on migration and the Middle East at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, told The National that the parties’ room for manoeuvre on migra...

Angela Merkel's CDU takes major hit in regional elections The Christian Democrats have lost ground in two crucial state elections in Germany, while a surging Green party has won the state of Baden-Württemberg again. Sunday's state elections come just six months before Germany's general election — which will decide Merkel's successor as chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) took a hit Sunday evening, with results showing that recent scandals and the mishandling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout potentially damaged the party in two vital state elections. The votes in the Germa...

Merkel's CDU pens new ethics rules after mask scandal DW has obtained an internal CDU document issued in the wake of several corruption-related retirements. The paper urged parliamentarians to keep in mind that they are role models for society. The paper calls on politicians found to have mixed business with politics unacceptably to immediately quit the party Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister-party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have been rocked by corruption scandals of late. The unwelcome news of CDU and CSU politicians profiting handsomely o...

The Christian Democrats have lost ground in two crucial state elections in Germany, while a surging Green party has won the state of Baden-Württemberg again.

It comes six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds Germany's longtime leader, Angela Merkel.