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Christian Democratic Union

political party, Germany
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Also known as: CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union
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Category: History & Society
German:
Christlich-Demokratische Union
Date:
c. 1948 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
foreign policy
right
Related People:
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Konrad Adenauer
Helmut Kohl
Roman Herzog
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German centre-right political party that supports a free-market economy and social welfare programs but is conservative on social issues. The CDU has also been a strong advocate of European integration and has cultivated close relations with the United States while in government. The CDU, along with its Bavarian affiliate, the Christian Social Union (CSU), emerged out of the ashes of the Third Reich to become Germany’s most successful political party, governing the Federal Republic of Germany for the first two decades after its founding and for most of the last two decades of the 20th century. ...(100 of 1740 words)

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