AfD, CDU and Germany

CDU's alliance with AfD sparks nationwide protests in Germany
Hundreds of thousands of Germans protested at the beginning of February against the initiative by the CDU, supported by the AfD, which has been gaining in the polls. The controversy revolves around the deportation of migrants.
Germany: Protesters decry CDU/CSU over AfD collaboration
Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious parliamentary votes on immigration, with marchers venting anger at the conservative bloc for breaking the taboo on collaborating with the far-right AfD.
Tens of thousands protest across Germany against far-right CDU and AfD collaboration
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany to protest against the CDU and AfD.
Protest against far-right AfD draws 10,000 in Germany's Freiburg
Thousands of people took to the streets in the southern German city of Freiburg on Monday to demonstrate against the Alternative for Germany (AfD), as protests continue against a shift to the right less than two weeks before the elections.
Germany's CDU vows to make AfD 'as small as possible again'
The man likely to lead Germany's next government says there would be no cooperation with the far-right AfD. Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc has faced flak after accepting AfD support on legislation.
Hundreds of thousands protest far right in Germany
More than 200,000 protesters rallied in Munich, Germany, on Saturday against far-right extremism ahead of the country's general election. The far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD,

Chancellor Scholz debates CDU rival Merz

Munich Sees Largest-Ever Rally Against Anti-Immigration AfD Party
With German elections just weeks away, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to denounce the far-right.
Germany breaks its far-right taboo
An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...
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Germany election 2025: Parties, polls and key issues
The CDU/CSU manifesto has proposed extensive financial relief for companies and citizens, including income and corporate ...
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Explained: Why Germany is sliding into the grasp of the far-right AfD
Germany will hold a snap national election on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition.
Quarter of a million march through Munich against AfD
Fresh protests against the extreme-Right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, ...
Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...
German conservatives insist they're the anti-AfD 'firewall'
The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told their supporters in Nuremberg their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at the ...