Throughout June German Words Explained will be looking at the political parties in Germany.
This week we start with the Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) and the Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU).
The CDU was founded shortly after the end of the Second World War in 1945. The following politicians belonged or belong to the party: Konrad Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard, Helmut Kohl, Theo Waigel, Norbert Blüm and Angela Merkel.
The CSU was founded in at the beginning of 1946, and is the CDU partner in Bavaria.
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