Christian Democratic Union

...International Security Assistance Force. Germany has more than 4,000 troops in northern Afghanistan, and 36 have died there. Von der Leyen's current job will go to Kristina Koehler, a 32-year-old Christian Democratic Union lawmaker.

In this article: Franz Josef Jung, NATO, Taliban, Angela Merkel, Afghanistan, and Wolfgang Schneiderhan

...to "service to the country." Mr. Jung, a member of Mrs. Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, did little to satisfy critics when he defended himself in parliament late Thursday. He said Gen. Schneiderhan had asked him...

In this article: Franz Josef Jung, NATO, Angela Merkel, Taliban, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Germany, Afghanistan, and Ursula von der Leyen

...and engaged way". In any case, the leader of Germany's governing Christian Democratic Union, David McAllister, "warned it would take years before Germans dispense with the stereotype of Scots as skinflints". McAllister, who's of...

In this article: Germany, Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, Haggis, and Scottish National Party

...with the German chancellor out of that short chorus. Even as partners in the grand coalition -- the partnership between the SPD, Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union that governed...

In this article: Angela Merkel, FDP, Guido Westerwelle, Tax, CDU, Social Democrats, Elizabeth I, and Germany

...election AMONG the candidates contesting the Stuttgart North constituency in Germany's federal election on September 27th, Karin Maag, of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is unique: she could win, but she might also lose. In contrast,...

In this article: CDU, Free Democratic Party, Germany, Dog, Bundestag, and Social Democratic Party

...detailed plan to exit stimulus measures already put in place. The report was a rebuke to an agreement by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and its new coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party, to implement 24...

In this article: Angela Merkel, Germany, CDU, Social Democrats, Tax, Unemployment, Wolfgang Wiegard, and Peter Bofinger

...CDU/CSU und FDP. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns) --- Germany's Christian Democratic Union chairwoman Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, arrives at a news conference about the new ruling coalition in Berlin on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.

In this article: Angela Merkel, Guido Westerwelle, Berlin, Horst Seehofer, Germany, FDP, and Tax

...October, immediately following the election. Resisting a Shift It has been a week since Germany voted in favor of a coalition government of Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), their Bavarian sister party the Christian...

In this article: Angela Merkel, Free Democratic Party, CDU, Germany, CSU, Margaret Thatcher, Guido Westerwelle, Berlin, Welfare state, and Bundesrat

...politics of GM, I have great concerns about the future of the company and its jobs," said Koch, who is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Koch also said he expects GM to...

In this article: General Motors, Opel, Roland Koch, Magna International Inc., Sberbank, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, and Antwerp