"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.

Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the leader of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for passing a high-stakes parliamentary motion to tighten migration with the ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

Angela Merkel has taken aim at the party she once led following the rising popularity and influence of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). The former German Chancellor slammed the ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD.

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

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 ...

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 — The front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor ... including a rare statement from former German chancellor Angela Merkel in which she criticized Merz. Merkel, a former leader ...

German former Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the presentation of her book "Freedom: Memories 1954 - 2021" ("Freiheit") on stage at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany on November 26 ...

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 ...