"The coming weeks will become a moment of truth for the conservative CDU and for Germany." Merz took over the CDU after Merkel, with whom he had often been at odds, stepped down as chancellor in 2021.

stopping mass immigration to Germany and, in other words, burying the open borders policy of the last conservative Chancellor, Angela Merkel, which has become a deadly burden not only to her party ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued a rare public rebuke of Germany's main opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, for accepting help from the far-right to push tough new ...

Tunku Varadarajan lauds former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her “stability ... defense and energy policies were far from that. Ms. Merkel opened Germany’s borders to more than a million ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a highly unusual intervention to criticise her one-time political rival Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised her own party ...

Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised her own party leader for passing a motion in parliament with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). In a statement ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz ... was passed with support from the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), breaking a long-held political taboo in Germany.

BERLIN — She just couldn’t stay silent. Angela Merkel — three years after stepping down as chancellor — lit a fire under Germany’s election campaign by choosing now to finally speak up. And it was to ...

BERLIN — Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel has exposed a deep rift within the country’s conservative movement, slamming her party’s top brass over how it’s handling the rise of the far right. The ...

Rare intervention by former Chancellor Merkel Says ... Merz set to become Germany's next leader after Feb. 23 election BERLIN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union ... policy with votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Michael Kappeler/dpa ...