The CDU/CSU was still playing culture wars to the hilt in the nineties - abortion, homosexuality, stem cells, Kinder statt Inder... I remember how surprised I was at just how similar much of the FAZ editorial stuff was to the American right when I began reading it a decade ago. It gave me a bit of sympathy for conservatives in the US who have to deal with the fact that the best foreign coverage comes from the socially liberal NYT.