Talk:CDU/CSU

Translation of Fraktion
I am removing the English term faction as a "translation" of the German word Fraktion. In spite of the similarity of the words Fraktion and faction, the English faction usually means something different (more like the German Splittergruppe). It is sometimes found as an ad-hoc "translation" of Fraktion, but this is misleading. A Fraktion is a parliamentary group or caucus. It usually comprises the members of parliament belonging to the same party that form a close organizational unit within the parliament, so it can often be translated as "parliamentary party". In the special case of the CDU/CSU the Fraktion – unusually – comprises members of two separate parties, but these two parties do not contest elections in the same states. --Boson (talk) 16:19, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Repetitive Run-on Sentence
I've tweaked the flow of a seemingly run-on sentence in the 2nd paragraph in the preamble to remove unnecessary repetitive references to the Bundestag and break the sentence down into two. MelioraCogito (talk) 20:52, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Color
Is there anywhere to indicate that the alliances' color is black? The only thin I can see to indicate that it is black is the CDU, which makes up for the largest party of the two that constitute this alliance. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 15:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Media sources mostly use black to customarily represent the alliance, like they do for the CDU alone (       , and many others).  Impru 20 talk 22:27, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 12:22, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

CDU-CSU Infobox Recent Major Change
Regarding recent revision, I'm not sure if that warrant a huge revision considering a very continuous long-term CDU-CSU alliance are much more than that, much more than political alliance, more than sporadic coalition between 90's SPD-PDS (since 2000's PDS renamed to <>) temporary on and off (even now SPD is in alliance not with PDS/<> but with the Green and the too-market-< > FDP) (from what I know if I'm not wrong). Maybe can discuss with community versed/connected to Federal Republic of Germany? --- Cat12zu3 (talk) 03:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)


 * @Cat12zu3 I think a discussion is needed in order to reach a consensus on which infobox(es) are the most appropriate for this article. It could either be the political party infobox (as default), the parliamentary group infobox, or perhaps both. RyanW1995 (talk) 09:14, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Becuase that revision is major, though I'm not very verse in German politics, apart from my usual keeping updated about current affairs/news, forthcoming there could be some who might not agree with that revision. Just saying. --- Cat12zu3 (talk) 09:33, 15 November 2023 (UTC)