all names

CDU-Spitze organisation

Named in 7 reports across 5 stories - 15 Sept – 26 Oct
15 Sept 202626 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with CDU-Spitze. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without CDU-Spitze.

Ilse Aigner and Sachsen share 1 reportMerz and Sachsen share 1 reportDen Haag and Friedrich Merz share 1 reportBremen and Sachsen share 1 reportIlse Aigner and Merz share 1 reportBremen and Ilse Aigner share 1 reportBremen and Merz share 1 reportFriedrich Merz and Internationalen Strafgerichtshof share 1 reportBärbel Bas and Bas share 1 reportCDU and Friedrich Merz share 1 reportDen Haag and Internationalen Strafgerichtshof share 1 reportCDU-SpitzeCDUCDU - 3 shared reports (organization)Friedrich M…Friedrich Merz - 2 shared reports (person)MerzMerz - 2 shared reports (person)Bärbel BasBärbel Bas - 1 shared report (person)BasBas - 1 shared report (person)BremenBremen - 1 shared report (place)Den HaagDen Haag - 1 shared report (place)Ilse AignerIlse Aigner - 1 shared report (person)Internation…Internationalen Strafgerichtshof - 1 shared report (organization)SachsenSachsen - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Germany’s hot topic this summer: A chancellor swap

51 outlets2 reports name CDU-Spitze7 Aug – 30 Oct

Saxony-Anhalt election delivers a blow to Merz and a warning to Europe

49 outlets1 report names CDU-Spitze31 Aug – 31 Oct

Germany news: Bundestag to discuss opt-out organ donation

22 outlets1 report names CDU-Spitze28 Aug – 26 Oct

Democracy: The status of the Union as a People’s Party is at risk

4 outlets2 reports name CDU-Spitze17 Sept – 31 Oct

Ilse Aigner: CSU politician talks about her single existence

1 outlets1 report names CDU-Spitze15 Oct – 28 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Die Zeit (Germany)3Der Spiegel (Germany)2Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)1Tagesschau (Germany)1

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