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  1. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern ⓘ, CSU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.

  2. Mar 13, 2024 · Franz Josef Strauss. Edmund Stoiber. 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. Since December 1946, when party leader ...

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  4. 6 days ago · Franz Josef Strauss was a German politician and longtime leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union. Strauss studied at the University of Munich and was an active member of a Roman Catholic youth organization that clashed with the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler. Called up for military service in.

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  5. Ben Knight. 10/02/2023. Bavarians are known for their independence. The political expression of this is the Christian Social Union — the regional conservative party and feisty southern sibling ...

  6. May 17, 2018 · In 1945 Strauss was active in founding the Christian Social Union (CSU), the quasi-independent Bavarian sister party to the larger Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Konrad Adenauer, West German chancellor from 1949 to 1963. Strauss quickly gained attention for his slashing speeches as a CSU parliamentary deputy.

  7. Bavaria was politically dominated by the Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party of the Christian Democratic Union, the main center-right party in Germany, until 1954. Bavaria was then governed by a coalition under the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, returning to the CSU in 1957.

  8. 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.

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