On migration, the CDU/CSU stresses its commitment to the fundamental right to asylum, but they want tighter restrictions on who can apply for asylum and they stress the need to deport refugees who have committed criminal offenses in Germany. They oppose introducing a speed limit on the autobahn and banning diesel fuel. The CDU/CSU plans to focus on 'efficient market-economy tools' to meet the Paris climate goals. They have proposed a number of cuts that would mainly benefit high-income earners and want to cut corporate income tax from 15% to 10%. Platform: The CDU/CSU have also pledged to reduce taxes. Under his leadership, the CDU remained the country's strongest party even after his departure in 1963 It was Adenauer and his economy minister (and successor as chancellor), Ludwig Erhard, who presided over West Germany's 'economic miracle.' The party's reputation as Germany's rock of moral and economic stability continued under another long-term CDU chancellor, Helmut Kohl, who drove German reunification in 1990 - a key historic moment important in understanding today's politics.Ĭhancellor Konrad Adenauer (second from left) helped rebuild Germany's political system after WWII. It became the most dominant political force in the postwar era, unifying Germany and leading the government for 47 of those 67 years, alongside its 'sister party,' the regional Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU).ĬDU Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who governed from 1949 to 1963, is the closest the Federal Republic has to a founding father. History: The CDU was founded in West Germany in 1950 in the aftermath of World War II as a gathering pool for all of Germany's Christian conservative voters. But chancellor Angela Merkel has been the dominating political figure for the German conservatives Armin Laschet (l) and Markus Söder (r) head the CDU and CSU respectively.

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