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New page: The '''Christian Democratic Union of Germany''' (Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) is a political party in Germany. ==Ideology== In the past, the party's ideology comb...
The '''Christian Democratic Union of Germany''' (Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) is a political party in [[Germany]].
==Ideology==
In the past, the party's ideology combined conservative, christian-minded and classical liberal as well as some etatist views and values. However, the CDU nowadays promotes mainly [[Social Democracy|social democratic]], [[Centrism|centrist]] and some left-wing christian ideas, for example forced [[Gender Mainstreaming]] programs, the idea of a [[multicultural society]], disbandment of the nation state/creating a transnational European state etc.
==Party Structure==
===Regional Party Groups===
The party has regional party groups, the federal group (''Bundesverband'', there is only one), the state group(s) (''Landesverbände'', singular: ''Landesverband''), the county group(s) (''Kreisverbände'', singular: ''Kreisverband'') and the local group(s) (''Ortsverbände'', singular: ''Ortsverband''). All local groups in a county (''Kreis'' or ''Landkreis'') are part of the county group, all county groups in a german (federal) state (''Land'' or ''Bundesland'') are part of the state group and all state groups form the federal group.
===Federal Leadership===
The present chairwoman (of the federal party group) is German [[chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]], vice-chairman are [[Roland Koch]] ([[Minister-President]] of the federal state of [[Hesse]]), [[Jürgen Rüttgers]] (former Minister-President of state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], now member of the German federal government), [[Annette Schavan]] (member of the German federal government) and [[Christian Wulff]] (Minister-President of the federal state of [[Lower Saxony]]). [[Ronald Pofalla]]
===Miscellaneous===
The federal party group holds a think tank called [[Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung]] (''Konrad Adenauer Foundation''), named after first chancellor of post-[[World War II]] Germany [[Konrad Adenauer]]. The state party groups have similar foundations.
There's a special relationship between the CDU and the [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria]] (CSU). The CSU is legally a party of it's own, but cooperates closelly with the CDU. The CDU only exists in the state of [[Bavaria]]. However, the CSU is independent and has it's own political structure and party platform, which differs in some positions from the CDU's one, so that the CSU can be considered more conservative.
===External Links===
*[http://www.cdu.de Website of the CDU]
==Ideology==
In the past, the party's ideology combined conservative, christian-minded and classical liberal as well as some etatist views and values. However, the CDU nowadays promotes mainly [[Social Democracy|social democratic]], [[Centrism|centrist]] and some left-wing christian ideas, for example forced [[Gender Mainstreaming]] programs, the idea of a [[multicultural society]], disbandment of the nation state/creating a transnational European state etc.
==Party Structure==
===Regional Party Groups===
The party has regional party groups, the federal group (''Bundesverband'', there is only one), the state group(s) (''Landesverbände'', singular: ''Landesverband''), the county group(s) (''Kreisverbände'', singular: ''Kreisverband'') and the local group(s) (''Ortsverbände'', singular: ''Ortsverband''). All local groups in a county (''Kreis'' or ''Landkreis'') are part of the county group, all county groups in a german (federal) state (''Land'' or ''Bundesland'') are part of the state group and all state groups form the federal group.
===Federal Leadership===
The present chairwoman (of the federal party group) is German [[chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]], vice-chairman are [[Roland Koch]] ([[Minister-President]] of the federal state of [[Hesse]]), [[Jürgen Rüttgers]] (former Minister-President of state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], now member of the German federal government), [[Annette Schavan]] (member of the German federal government) and [[Christian Wulff]] (Minister-President of the federal state of [[Lower Saxony]]). [[Ronald Pofalla]]
===Miscellaneous===
The federal party group holds a think tank called [[Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung]] (''Konrad Adenauer Foundation''), named after first chancellor of post-[[World War II]] Germany [[Konrad Adenauer]]. The state party groups have similar foundations.
There's a special relationship between the CDU and the [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria]] (CSU). The CSU is legally a party of it's own, but cooperates closelly with the CDU. The CDU only exists in the state of [[Bavaria]]. However, the CSU is independent and has it's own political structure and party platform, which differs in some positions from the CDU's one, so that the CSU can be considered more conservative.
===External Links===
*[http://www.cdu.de Website of the CDU]