Christian Democratic Union

Despite the attempts to draw a clear line between conservatism and the far right, the eastern German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) celebrated the highly symbolic 30th anniversary of German Unity…

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In Bed with the Far Right in Thuringia: A Watershed Moment for Muslim CDU supporters?

Ozgur Ozavatan
May 20, 2020

On 5 February, the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, was officially appointed to the position of Thuringia’s Minister-President, relying on the votes of both the Christian Democratic…

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The End of the Merkel Era

Julian Göppfarth
November 3, 2018

Adhering to a nostalgia for a more stable time, many observers see in the end of Merkel’s era the beginning of a dystopian future of political turmoil. Six years ago,…

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