How conservative is the CDU? Would you compare them to the Republicans over here, or are you familiar enough with them to make the comparison? I'm curious about international politics, I keep hearing that the conservatives in Europe aside from the splinter racist groups are basically as conservative as moderate Democrats over here.
Well, the point is, you will probably never see anything as conservative and especially patriotic as American parties over here in Germany, and seeing our history, it's understandable why.
We had a large discussion going on over here after Obamas visit to Berlin, why we don't have any politicians like that, guys who take the masses with their rhetorics, and the general answer was, well we had one in last centuries' 30ies, and we all know how that turned out. So Germans are very wary of people preaching when it comes to politics. And by that being too patriotic is a big no these days as well.
But if you look at a few other countries in Europa, like Italy, you have someone like Silvio Berlusconi, who might be considered very conservative, some might even say he is kind of a Nazi.
But generally you are right. Conservatives over here are basically as conservative as moderate Democrats in the US.