Inside CDU

Merz pushes for new elections – an election campaign on amphetamines begins at CDU headquarters.

While Scholz and Merz engage in a travel duel to Kiev, the CDU faces a potential collapse in the east. In Berlin, the question arises: How intense will the race for power become?

Between power games and election campaign noise, events escalate: an assassination throws the country off balance — and makes the CDU more nervous than ever.

Merz goes all out. The firewall crumbles, Merkel warns, protests outside party headquarters. Which course will the CDU take?

Merz is in the TV debate, the CDU is entering the final battle. Election day will be a turning point. World events and the SPD are changing politics. Merz is facing his toughest test yet.