It doesn’t get clearer than this. CDU chancellor candidate Merz excludes any cooperation with AFD “this would mean selling the CDU’s soul”.
January 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It doesn’t get clearer than this. CDU chancellor candidate Merz excludes any cooperation with AFD “this would mean selling the CDU’s soul”.
250,000 demonstrators in Berlin protesting center-right CDU’s cooperation with neo-fascist AfD in passing anti-immigration legislation.
Wow! 250.000 Menschen in Berlin. ♥️ Das gibt mir so viel Kraft. Was für eine Ansage an Friedrich Merz und seinen Machtpoker mit der AfD.
Auf Friedrich Merz ist kein Verlass, wenn es darum geht, unser Land vor den Feinden der Demokratie zu verteidigen und genau deswegen darf er nicht Kanzler werden.
Auf Friedrich Merz ist kein Verlass, wenn es darum geht, unser Land vor den Feinden der Demokratie zu verteidigen und genau deswegen darf er nicht Kanzler werden.
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
250,000 demonstrators in Berlin protesting center-right CDU’s cooperation with neo-fascist AfD in passing anti-immigration legislation.
Mäktig demonstration ikväll utanför CDU's partihögkvarter i München.
Danke München 🙏
(Heute Abend vor der CSU Parteizentrale)
(Heute Abend vor der CSU Parteizentrale)
January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mäktig demonstration ikväll utanför CDU's partihögkvarter i München.
Real shame that it took so long. I guess Germany needed the CDU to kill CDU‘s fiscal ideology. Sigh.
CDU/CSU &SPD have just proposed a sea change in German fiscal policy:
- defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from debt brake
- 10-year €500bn special fund for infrastructure
- looser debt rules for states
- further debt-brake reform in new Bundestag
- defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from debt brake
- 10-year €500bn special fund for infrastructure
- looser debt rules for states
- further debt-brake reform in new Bundestag
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Real shame that it took so long. I guess Germany needed the CDU to kill CDU‘s fiscal ideology. Sigh.
I see the CDU's rightwards shift on migration has helped them see of the threat of the AFD...
Germany, GMS poll:
AfD-ESN: 26% (+1)
CDU/CSU-EPP: 25% (-1)
SPD-S&D: 14% (-1)
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 12% (+1)
LINKE-LEFT: 11% (+1)
FDP-RE: 3%
BSW-NI: 3%
+/- vs. 24-29 September 2025
Fieldwork: 11-17 November 2025
Sample size: 1020
➤ europeelects.eu/germany
AfD-ESN: 26% (+1)
CDU/CSU-EPP: 25% (-1)
SPD-S&D: 14% (-1)
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 12% (+1)
LINKE-LEFT: 11% (+1)
FDP-RE: 3%
BSW-NI: 3%
+/- vs. 24-29 September 2025
Fieldwork: 11-17 November 2025
Sample size: 1020
➤ europeelects.eu/germany
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I see the CDU's rightwards shift on migration has helped them see of the threat of the AFD...
Meanwhile CDU's view on him..
🇩🇪🇺🇸🇺🇦 Achieving independence from the United States is a priority. The United States is relatively indifferent to the future of Ukraine, — Friedrich Merz.
February 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Meanwhile CDU's view on him..
www.instagram.com/stories/supe...
"CDU's Mitarbeiter des Monats!"
"CDU's Mitarbeiter des Monats!"
September 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
www.instagram.com/stories/supe...
"CDU's Mitarbeiter des Monats!"
"CDU's Mitarbeiter des Monats!"
4) In spite of the Linke being pronounced dead, losing the Wagenknecht faction (the most vocally pro-Putin) and being the most clear opposition to the CDU's migration demagoguery revived the party.
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
4) In spite of the Linke being pronounced dead, losing the Wagenknecht faction (the most vocally pro-Putin) and being the most clear opposition to the CDU's migration demagoguery revived the party.
Nachdem es zwei große CDU's in BaWü gibt, gibt es da NICHTS zu feiern.
March 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Nachdem es zwei große CDU's in BaWü gibt, gibt es da NICHTS zu feiern.
Good article on Merz‘s and CDU‘s situation
New #BerlinCable
After a botched reshuffle, Germany is approaching a political crunch time in September. It may even lead to a “chancellor switch.“
ip-quarterly.com/en/troubled-...
After a botched reshuffle, Germany is approaching a political crunch time in September. It may even lead to a “chancellor switch.“
ip-quarterly.com/en/troubled-...
A Troubled Merz Faces Crucial Elections in September
An amateurish government reshuffle has gone badly wrong for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. With the far-right AfD likely surging in regional elections, the end of his chancellorship may come more q...
ip-quarterly.com
August 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Good article on Merz‘s and CDU‘s situation
Major protest in Berlin today against right-wing migration policies and the CDU’s willingness to cooperate with the far-right AfD 👀
Merz mobilisiert - nur eben nicht für sich, sondern gegen seine Türöffnung für die AfD. Starkes Bild heute in Berlin (Quelle: @wunderlicher)
February 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Major protest in Berlin today against right-wing migration policies and the CDU’s willingness to cooperate with the far-right AfD 👀
A lot of the CDU's inability to find a way out of its current crisis is an inability among much of its leadership and intellectual milieu to get its head around the possibility that it does not have a divine right to be a dominant force in European politics
September 25, 2026 at 8:48 AM
A lot of the CDU's inability to find a way out of its current crisis is an inability among much of its leadership and intellectual milieu to get its head around the possibility that it does not have a divine right to be a dominant force in European politics
Siri, where are we on the CDU’s atlanticism?
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Iran: “At the moment, I cannot see what strategic exit the Americans are opting for.
“The Iranians are negotiating very skilfully. Or rather, very skilfully not negotiating.
“An entire nation (the US) is being humiliated.”
“The Iranians are negotiating very skilfully. Or rather, very skilfully not negotiating.
“An entire nation (the US) is being humiliated.”
April 28, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Siri, where are we on the CDU’s atlanticism?
Renewables are cheaper and faster to build. The problem is the CDU's fetish for ICE cars.
April 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Renewables are cheaper and faster to build. The problem is the CDU's fetish for ICE cars.
The Greens' momentum was strong even before a video revealed that the CDU's leader in BaWü fancied 16-year old girls as a 29-year old. 👇
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG | Sonntagsfrage Landtagswahl Infratest dimap/ARD
CDU: 28,0% (-1,0)
GRÜNE: 27,0% (+4,0)
AfD: 18,0% (-2,0)
SPD: 7,0% (-1,0)
FDP: 6,0% (+1,0)
LINKE: 5,5% (-1,5)
Sonstige: 8,5% (+0,5)
Änderungen zur letzten Umfrage vom 22. Januar 2026
Verlauf: whln.eu/UmfragenBW
#ltwbw
CDU: 28,0% (-1,0)
GRÜNE: 27,0% (+4,0)
AfD: 18,0% (-2,0)
SPD: 7,0% (-1,0)
FDP: 6,0% (+1,0)
LINKE: 5,5% (-1,5)
Sonstige: 8,5% (+0,5)
Änderungen zur letzten Umfrage vom 22. Januar 2026
Verlauf: whln.eu/UmfragenBW
#ltwbw
February 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The Greens' momentum was strong even before a video revealed that the CDU's leader in BaWü fancied 16-year old girls as a 29-year old. 👇
Incidentally, there have been discussions about her as the CDU’s candidate for federal president in the forthcoming election. However, that seems doubtful as she is considered part of the moderate wing of the party, and the conservative wing is currently dominant in the party.
September 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Incidentally, there have been discussions about her as the CDU’s candidate for federal president in the forthcoming election. However, that seems doubtful as she is considered part of the moderate wing of the party, and the conservative wing is currently dominant in the party.
"CNN has approached both parties for comment. [...] The International Auschwitz Committee slammed the CDU’s support of the motion as scandalous, according to Deutsche Welle."
Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’ | CNN
There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of the ...
edition.cnn.com
September 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"CNN has approached both parties for comment. [...] The International Auschwitz Committee slammed the CDU’s support of the motion as scandalous, according to Deutsche Welle."
Reasons why keeping the firewall is absolutely in the CDU's interests - those moderates will bolt for the hills and put RRG over the top potentially
September 29, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Reasons why keeping the firewall is absolutely in the CDU's interests - those moderates will bolt for the hills and put RRG over the top potentially
If this projection is borne out in the final results there will be lots of hot takes linking this to Merz's unpopularity, perhaps even his stance on Iran. But worth stressing the local factors: politics aside, Özdemir is one of the most affable figures in German politics and CDU's Hagel... isn't.
March 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
If this projection is borne out in the final results there will be lots of hot takes linking this to Merz's unpopularity, perhaps even his stance on Iran. But worth stressing the local factors: politics aside, Özdemir is one of the most affable figures in German politics and CDU's Hagel... isn't.
Trump is trying to turn the CDU's election win in Germany into his personal victory.
The truth is that both President Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance did everything in their power to help the pro-Kremlin party AfD win, and they failed miserably.
The truth is that both President Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance did everything in their power to help the pro-Kremlin party AfD win, and they failed miserably.
February 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump is trying to turn the CDU's election win in Germany into his personal victory.
The truth is that both President Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance did everything in their power to help the pro-Kremlin party AfD win, and they failed miserably.
The truth is that both President Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance did everything in their power to help the pro-Kremlin party AfD win, and they failed miserably.
"The CDU’s norm-breaking is analogous to US Republicans’ refusal even to consider Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee in 2016."
Good read by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on a worrying trend in Germany
Good read by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on a worrying trend in Germany
Right-Wing Culture Warfare Comes to Germany
Jan-Werner Mueller worries that the governing Christian Democrats is beginning to engage in opportunistic norm-breaking.
www.project-syndicate.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"The CDU’s norm-breaking is analogous to US Republicans’ refusal even to consider Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee in 2016."
Good read by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on a worrying trend in Germany
Good read by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on a worrying trend in Germany
In some positive news, more than 160,000 people (organizers speak of 250,000) joined together in Berlin today to protest the far-right AFD and the CDU’s cooperation with the AFD.
February 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In some positive news, more than 160,000 people (organizers speak of 250,000) joined together in Berlin today to protest the far-right AFD and the CDU’s cooperation with the AFD.
🇩🇪🇺🇦 "I would say to Putin: if the bombing does not stop, then the first step will be to remove the long-range restrictions. The second step will be the delivery of Taurus. Then Putin himself decides how far he wants to escalate this war," - Friedrich Merz, CDU's chancellor candidate.
October 14, 2024 at 7:07 AM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 "I would say to Putin: if the bombing does not stop, then the first step will be to remove the long-range restrictions. The second step will be the delivery of Taurus. Then Putin himself decides how far he wants to escalate this war," - Friedrich Merz, CDU's chancellor candidate.
Flag of Kenya is Black (CDU’s color) red (SPD) and Green (the greens)
February 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Flag of Kenya is Black (CDU’s color) red (SPD) and Green (the greens)