| − | The CDU is comparable with the [[Republican Party]]. It supports a social market economy, is against equality of homosexual pairs with traditional families and supports the [[USA]] and [[Israel]]. But it is has also liberal views. For example it opposes death penalty.<ref>http://www.cducsu.de/Titel__todesstrafe_weltweit_aechten_und_abschaffen/TabID__6/SubTabID__7/InhaltTypID__1/InhaltID__16775/inhalte.aspx</ref> | + | The CDU is comparable with the [[Republican Party]]. It supports a social market economy, is against equality of homosexual pairs with traditional families and supports the [[USA]] and [[Israel]]. But it is has also liberal views. For example it opposes the death penalty, which is outlawed by the current German constitution.<ref>http://www.cducsu.de/Titel__todesstrafe_weltweit_aechten_und_abschaffen/TabID__6/SubTabID__7/InhaltTypID__1/InhaltID__16775/inhalte.aspx</ref> |