Police in Berlin estimated the crowd size at CDU headquarters to be around 6,000, more than the 4,000 that were expected but less than the 13,000 organizers claimed were there.

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, has vowed to crackdown on illegal immigration if he becomes chancellor after Bundestag elections next month. Merz said on ...

Thousands protested outside the CDU party's Berlin headquarters on Thursday, prompting the police to urge staff to leave work early for their own safety, a party official wrote on social media.