CDU

At the congress of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Leipzig, she spoke of past wars and of modern Europe's role in building peace.

That was more tactical than principled, but it might help the CDU to hold on to a state it has governed for more than half a century.

Though CDU traditionalists grumble about her leadership, they have no one capable of challenging her.

Mrs Merkel has no serious rivals within the CDU except Mr Wulff, who will be a failed would-be president if he is not elected.

In a parliament with five parties (counting the CDU and CSU as one) the only pair that can be sure of a majority is a grand coalition.

The CDU and FDP were expected to win 323 out of 614 seats in the new Bundestag, or lower house, giving it a 16-seat majority.

Dissent from some FDP deputies, and even from within the CDU itself, could force her to rely on support from the opposition.

In a test vote of CDU and CSU deputies yesterday, 11 opposed expanding the EFSF and two abstained (another dissident did not show up).

She was greeted with cheers as she addressed supporters at the CDU headquarters in Berlin.

Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has abandoned one core belief after another (conscription, nuclear power), and is about to do so again.

Rather than join with the Left party and Greens, the SPD decided to open grand-coalition talks with the CDU.

Health reform is one of the big projects of Germany's coalition government, led by Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Much of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is eager to arm itself for next September's federal election with tax cuts.

The most conventional would be a "grand coalition" between the two biggest parties: the CDU and the SPD.

Traditional attitudes have found a home in Ms Merkel's CDU.

The Left Party could displace the CDU as the Social Democrats' governing partner in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

"Chuck all the forecasts in the bin, " she told the party faithful, referring to the poll projections of the CDU hemorrhaging support.

Ms Merkel may yield to pressure from the CDU's liberal wing to make this the centrepiece of her election platform.

There is still room to stimulate employment by cutting payroll taxes, one of the CDU's pet projects.

Support for conscription was a badge of identity for the CDU; more painful will be the closure of bases that army reforms will require.

In the CDU party headquarters, supporters were jubilant as the news of the conservatives' win came through.

This breaks with the principle that it should intervene only as a last resort, admits Norbert Barthle, a CDU member of the Bundestag.

She learned to "sit out" the debate from Helmut Kohl, the last CDU chancellor, until a consensus emerges.

But the CDU has embraced environmentalism, and today's Greens are mostly prosperous burghers with a liberal bent.

Bernd Lampe, a spectator who has belonged to Mrs Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for 45 years, admits to "a little angst" .

The Saarland and Thuringia defeats have provoked calls for a sharper message from worried CDU leaders.

There is little immediate threat to Mrs Merkel's hold on power, in part because the CDU has no leaders with the stature to challenge her.

Yet even within the CDU, state premiers tend to act as regional barons, not as voting fodder for the federal government.

Norbert Lammert, the Bundestag's president and a member of the CDU, called for raising taxes on top earners.

A decision to end conscription might require approval by the party conventions of the CDU and CSU.

He is the sixth CDU premier to leave office this year.

Even so almost 95% of the party voted to re-elect her as CDU chairman, more than two years ago.

The results reassured the CDU: it will probably continue in a "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats (SPD).

He is premier of its most populous state and social conscience of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Other CDU leaders are sounding Europhile notes not heard for some time (without providing much detail or any timetable).

The result brings an end to an unwieldy four-year "grand coalition" between the CDU and the Social Democrats (SPD).

The strong showing of the CDU's new partners ought to give Ms Merkel scope to deliver the radical reform agenda she ran on in 2005.

The liberals have clashed noisily with the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), over health reform.

Agreement with the CDU should be straightforward on income tax cuts and inheritance tax reforms.

The CDU's modest upturn in Rhineland-Palatinate only slightly lessens the shock of losing power in the party's heartland.

Squabbling between the CDU and FDP was suicidal, but so, apparently, was compromise.

Its credibility was damaged by the FDP's insistence on tax cuts that most voters (and many in the CDU) think are unaffordable.

She comes from the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Conclusion It is suggested that CDU was reliable clinical value in diagnosis and localization of parathyroid adenoma before operation.

The CDU and CSU must arrest their slide even as they juggle the responsibilities of government.

After a slump, her personal popularity is rising. Her command over the restless CDU seems more secure.

Her second U-turn came this week: she persuaded her CDU to overcome strong conservative objections, and support minimum wages.

The CDU wants to keep taxes high to help reduce the budget deficit.

The Greens want to expand their range of possible partners beyond the SPD (in Hamburg, a small state, they already rule with the CDU).

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, star of the CDU's Bavarian wing, has been felled by a plagiarism scandal.

Objective To explore the clinical value of color Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) in the diagnosis of acute epididymitis.

The CDU tried to join the post-Fukushima discontent, but too late, and unconvincingly.

The CDU champions the traditional three-tier high-school system, in which pupils are separated early (usually at ten) according to ability.

The Greens themselves might balk, perhaps preferring a "Jamaica" coalition with the CDU and FDP instead.

The CDU's Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has been pushing for a 100-day package of tax-relief measures.

Black-yellow would be keen to cut taxes (though the FDP promises bigger cuts than the CDU).

At its convention in Leipzig in mid-November the CDU is likely to back an economy-wide minimum wage.

The chancellor's rivals within the CDU have either resigned or lost elections.

Even members of Mrs Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) found it hard to justify the abstention.

The state CDU has been hit by a party-financing scandal that forced its general secretary to resign.

The CDU president of the Bundestag questions the legality of the moratorium.

But on issues that usually matter more, like jobs, economic policy and education, they rate the Greens below the CDU and even the SPD.

The fuss was stirred by the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).

The CDU is likely to block an economy-wide minimum wage, which would destroy jobs.

Although she is running into some criticism inside the CDU, she faces no serious challengers to her leadership.

Even the CDU's Bavarian wing, the Christian Social Union, is against the idea.

"The CDU will always give priority to law enforcement over privacy, " he declares.

This almost-unthinkable result is a big blow to Angela Merkel, the chancellor and CDU leader, who has lost the party's crown jewel.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who leads the CDU, must now promote a new generation of leaders.

Voters may therefore be willing to take a harder look at what a CDU-FDP coalition would actually mean.

Flaming cars offer an unexpected opportunity for the CDU, which is vying with the Greens for second place.

Its decision in 1982 to abandon an alliance with the SPD in favour of one with the CDU triggered an exodus of left-leaning members.

The FDP was once part of almost every post-war government, as junior partner of either the CDU or the SPD.

The CDU has ruled this heartland of Germany's mighty Mittelstand without interruption for almost 58 years.

The slumping fortunes of Angela Merkel's CDU in Hamburg indicate a rough road to the federal elections in 2013.

The liberals and some elements within the CDU want to lower immigration barriers to ease shortages of skilled labour.

Ms Merkel's leftward tilt has irked liberals among CDU supporters.

Make a bracket of the valve wrench for CDU.

Mr zu Guttenberg's resignation could help the CDU's rivals, if only because he will not campaign.

Even though the CDU's vote fell, its weight in government will grow.

The rise of the Left Party makes it more difficult for traditional coalitions such as CDU-FDP to build majorities in the Bundestag.

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He will be supported by the CDU's "economic wing" , which was marginalised during the four-year cohabitation with the SPD.

Last year, for instance, many in the CDU opposed a law mandating equal treatment in the workplace.

Discussion on energy saving approach and energy consumption analysis in CDU

CDU; Commonwealth Police Development Task Force for Sierra Leone;

Diagnostic value of TRS - CDU on detecting middle - lower ureterolith

New Measures of Energy Saving Adopted in the CDU

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