1. CDU - Noun
2. CDU - Proper noun
CDU (plural CDUs)
(petrochemistry) Initialism of crude distillation unit.
CDU
(German politics) Initialism of Christian Democratic Union (of Germany) (“Christlich Demokratische Union”). (a major mainstream German political party)
Already at the end of the 70s did not seem to be sufficient for a coalition the similarities between FDP and SPD, but the CDU / CSU chancellor candidate of Franz Josef Strauss in 1980 left the two parties go again together in the federal election. Source: Internet
After his reversal he supported the nomination of Heinrich Lübke as the CDU presidential candidate whom he believed weak enough not to interfere with his actions as Federal Chancellor. Source: Internet
After the election of 1969, the SPD preferred to form a coalition with the FDP, ending the uninterrupted post-war reign of the CDU chancellors. Source: Internet
All governments between 1949 and 1966 were formed by the united caucus of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), either alone or in coalition with the smaller Free Democratic Party (FDP) or other right-wing parties. Source: Internet
At first, the positivity enclosing the movement represented nicely on Kohl and his CDU, which has been handed a massive mandate in the nation’s initial all-German election in December 1990. Source: Internet
As a consequence, the FDP switched allegiance to the CDU and Schmidt lost his parliamentary majority in 1982. Source: Internet