Germany: Angela Merkel chides own party over far-right help
Jan 30, 2025 · Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for using the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to push a hard-line migration ...
Angela Merkel played a key role in the rise of the AfD
Sep 2, 2024 · If so, Angela Merkel must share the blame. It is the former chancellor, in power from 2005 to 2021, who surely facilitated the rise of the AfD. In the 2013 federal elections, the AfD received...
Merkel ‘could not remain silent’ as she jabs Merz again
2 days ago · BERLIN — Angela Merkel isn’t done. The former German chancellor doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, arguing that his party crossed a red line by allowing a migration policy motion to pass in the Bundestag with the backing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).Merkel was leader of the CDU from 2000 to 2018.
Angela Merkel throws firework into German election campaign
Jan 30, 2025 · 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 criticize her own side.
Merkel criticizes leader of her own party for cooperating with
Jan 31, 2025 · Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control...
Merkel, Musk and the far right: What is going on in Germany
Feb 1, 2025 · The anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been gaining ground in the polls in recent months and is now in second place ahead of Germany’s federal election scheduled for Feb. 23. That poses big questions for the mainstream parties, notably Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which is currently the frontrunner .
Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote …
Jan 30, 2025 · Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new migration rules that …
Angela Merkel criticises CDU party leader after far-right asylum …
Jan 30, 2025 · In a statement, Merkel accused CDU leader Friedrich Merz of turning his back on a previous pledge not to work with AfD in the Bundestag. The parliament descended into heckles on Wednesday...
Germany: Merkel again criticizes Merz over vote with AfD
Former German leader Angela Merkel has reiterated her criticism of chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz after he relied on votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) to pass a ...
CDU: Angela Merkel stellt sich gegen Friedrich Merz
Jan 30, 2025 · Mit Stimmen der AfD hat CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz einen Antrag im Bundestag durchgebracht. Altkanzlerin Merkel wirft ihrem Nachfolger an der Parteispitze deswegen Abkehr von seiner staatspolitischen ...