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Christian Social Union (CSU), conservative German political party that was founded in Bavaria, Germany, in 1946 by various Roman Catholic and Protestant groups and is committed to free enterprise, federalism, and a united Europe operating under Christian principles.
The Christian Social Union of Bavaria or Christlich Soziale Union (short CSU) is a conservative political party in the German state of Bavaria. In the federal parliament of Germany ( Bundestag ) the CSU and the CDU join together in a political alliance to form the main centre-right group in Germany.
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The CSU was founded in October 1945, immediately after the end of World War II, at a time when, as Germany was essentially starting its political system from scratch, new conservative parties and associations were coalescing all over the country. But, whereas the other local conservative parties joined together in 1950 to form the CDU, the CSU chos...
The CSU is traditionally considered more socially conservative than the CDU, especially on religion and law enforcement: It still takes Bavaria's Catholic traditions seriously: In 2018, Markus Söder ordered that all public buildings hang a cross up prominently "as an expression of Bavaria's historical and cultural character." The Bavarian state pol...
On just two occasions, the CDU/CSU has put forward a CSU candidate for chancellor in national elections. Franz-Josef Strauss, a godfather-like figure in the party, ran in 1980, and Edmund Stoiber — after a tussle with then CDU leader Angela Merkel — threw his hat in the ring in 2002. Neither was successful. Strauss was extremely conservative and fa...
A. Manfred Ach; Heinrich Aigner; Ilse Aigner; Katrin Albsteiger; Max Allwein; Walter Althammer; Hans Amler; Erwin Ammann; Johann Anetseder; Willi Ankermüller; Anton ...
This article examines how the CSU set about constructing an integral Bavarian ( gesamtbayerisch) identity during the 1950s and early 1960s by articulating the diverse historical experiences of the region-state's localities and sub-regions as a common Bavarian heritage.
The political expression of this is the Christian Social Union— the regional conservative party and feisty southern sibling to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.One of the stranger ...
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria ( CSU – Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern ) is a Christian democratic [7] and conservative [8] [9] political party in Germany. The CSU operates only in Bavaria, while its larger sister party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), operates in the other fifteen states of Germany.
