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The '''Christian Democratic Union of Germany''' (Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) is a political party in [[Germany]].

The '''Christian Democratic Union of Germany''' (Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) is a political party in [[Germany]].

==Ideology==

==History==

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.

The party was founded in post-war Germany by centrist and conservative Christian politicians who wanted to overcome the divisions among democratic Christians politicians in pre-war Germany, which was perceived as one of the reasons of the deadlock in politics during the [[Weimar Republic]]. Leading figures in the post-war era were [[Konrad Adenauer]] and [[Ludwig Erhard]]. Adenauer  became the first Chancellor in West Germany, and who was seeking firm military and economic integration of West Germany with western Europe and the US. Ludwig Erhard was the first Minister of Economy, renowned for his theory of [[social market economy]], and considered the father of the German [[Wirtschaftswunder]], the economic boom in the 50s and 60s. These two political concepts, social market economy and integration in the West, have become the two main ideological pillars of the Christian Democratic Union.

==Party Structure==

==Party Structure==