Christian-Democrat

Certainly, among millions of middle-class Germans, the sanctity of gymnasien is non-negotiable, and the idea of changing the system unthinkable when a Christian-Democrat/Green coalition in Hamburg recently floated the modest idea of delaying selection until the age of 12, it was faced with an unbeatable rebellion known as the "Gucci protest", and defeated in a referendum.

Quiet epitaph to industry: a typical East German town 2011

But somehow the Christian-Democrat combination has come to seem paradoxical among the political chattering classes.

Jesse Lava: To Believe That Jesus Rode a Donkey... 2008

The Christian-Democrat/New Flemish Alliance has also done well, coming second to VB.

Vlaams Belang powers ahead Helen 2006

The lady in question is Christine Boutin, leader of the Forum des Républicains Sociaux, a French Christian-Democrat Party and now Minister of Housing and the City.

Archive 2007-07-01 Richard 2007

It gives an interesting insight into Christian-Democrat thinking in Germany on the question of the American alliance, Franco-German relations and the split between "old Europe and new".

German aces up the US sleeve Helen 2004

One level-headed Christian-Democrat prime minister, Aldo Moro, defied American advice when he tried in the 1970s to bring the Communists into his coalition; in doing so he made what McCarthy calls "the postwar order's only serious attempt to reform itself."

Italy's Dirty Linen Smith, Denis Mack 1995

In most governments after 1963 the Socialist Party was a junior partner inside Christian-Democrat coalitions and readily adapted to the prevailing practices of clientelism and tangenti.

Italy's Dirty Linen Smith, Denis Mack 1995

Additional pressure on the Christian-Democrat politicians to accept changes in the system must have come, at least in private, from the Church; and much more publicly it came from the rest of Europe, where Italy's mounting budget deficit diminished the country's standing and credit-worthiness.

Italy's Dirty Linen Smith, Denis Mack 1995

The Christian-Democrat leaders who refused to negotiate with left-wing terrorists to save the life of Aldo Moro were nevertheless willing to save a minor kidnapped party official from the same terrorists, with whom, Frei tells us, they persuaded the infamous Neapolitan Camorra to intervene, and whom they then paid what seems to have been an enormous ransom.

Italy's Dirty Linen Smith, Denis Mack 1995

A Christian-Democrat minister of health was sent to prison for taking a regular cut from the money allotted for medicines, hospitals, and other help for patients with AIDS.

Italy's Dirty Linen Smith, Denis Mack 1995