<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:14:36 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Outrage as Angela Merkel urges migrants to vote against AfD]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2183377_1.jpg"/><br><br>The former German Chancellor has told migrants to vote against the hard-right party.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Angela Merkel, Germany, Alternative for Germany (AfD), Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, Migrant Crisis, Immigration, Vladimir Putin, AfD, German elections, migrant voters, become weaker, Alice Weidel, Syrian refugees, Freedom</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2183377_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Angela Merkel has told migrants to vote against the hard-right AfD in Germany]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2183377_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description 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+0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Holly Kintuka]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German presidency speculation, European Commission, CDU party, EU Commissions, German presidency, Euronews, German presidency candidates</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2101175_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen first became EU Commission chief in 2019]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2101175_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen first became EU Commission chief in 2019]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany disaster as 9-word remark puts new coalition deal at risk after just 7 days]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2042636_1.jpg"/><br><br>A new Chancellor of Germany is due to be sworn in on May 6, but cracks are already starting to show in the coalition of parties forming the new government. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:08:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Richard Ashmore]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Ukraine, Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany coalition government, CDU and SPD tensions, Ukraine missile proposal</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2042636_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz is expected to be voted 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20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Conor Wilson]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Alternative for Germany (AfD), Immigration, Migrant Crisis, Friedrich Merz, Asylum seekers, Europe</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2041696_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The incoming German Chancellor has vowed to curb immigration]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2041696_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The incoming German Chancellor has vowed to curb immigration]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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