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Do you mean the CDU? The christian democrats? They're not so much a Christian party as they are the centrists. "Christian democracy" in Europe did have initial Christian ideology at its center but at this point it's a catch-all term for status quo supporting liberals, especially in central Europe.
Yeah I was talking about the CDU/CSU. I remember learning about Christian democracy and how they seek to uphold the nuclear family and patriarchal structure in that regard. That’s the definition I learned, but like you said, it isn’t actually how it’s done for certain parties.
The Christian democrats in Germany were just at the right place and right time at the end of the cold war to be the universal anti-communist party. They're one of those big tent type liberal (i mean conservative) parties. They've managed to remain so popular ever since because they're the favored party of German manufacturing. Like I remember the CEO of Siemens used to follow around Angela Merkel to international meetings sometimes.