Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the leader of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for passing ... Merz insists that he didn’t want to work with the AfD, and ...

Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised ... 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.

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters. Michael Kappeler/dpa Advertisement ...

The CDU’s refusal to work with the AfD often stems from a ... Many are disaffected conservatives who believe the CDU under Angela Merkel drifted too far left. Governing with the AfD would ...

Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by fifteen points. She was stepping down after sixteen years as chancellor (prime minister), but she ...

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and ... Merz gradually moved away from the political arena and returned to his work as a lawyer. In 2009, he no longer stood ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday ... taboo among Germany's parties on working with the far right. It sparked mass protests against the CDU and its leader Friedrich Merz ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Reacting to the early results, Mr Merz said he would work to form a ... politics in 2018 after Angela Merkel announced she would not seek re-election. He ran in the CDU leadership contest that ...