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

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Even former Chancellor Angela Merkel attacked CDU leader Friedrich Merz for his cooperation with the AfD. On Wednesday, the 70-year-old renewed her criticism and emphasized that the blue rise was ...

Merkel, a former leader of Merz's Christian Democratic Union, noted in a rare statement that Merz had said in November that no measures should be passed with AfD's support before the Feb. 23 election.

Speaking to the German news weekly Zeit, Merkel stressed that she “could not remain silent” as the CDU allowed an anti-immigration motion to pass with AfD support in Germany’s parliament, even if it ...

In a rare intervention into domestic politics, Merkel accused Merz of going back on a vow he made in November to seek majorities with mainstream parties rather than with the AfD. She urged ...

BSW-Chefin Sahra Wagenknecht hat Altkanzlerin Angela Merkel für Aussagen zur Flüchtlingspolitik und zum Erstarken der AfD kritisiert und von ihr "mehr Selbstreflexion" gefordert. "Ohne Merkels ...

Alt-Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (70, CDU) hat ihre vergangene Woche geäusserte Kritik am Umgang des Unions-Kanzlerkandidaten Friedrich Merz (69, CDU) mit der AfD bekräftigt. Dabei habe es sich ...

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 ...

After the vote, Merkel accused Merz of breaking a pledge he made following the collapse of Germany's coalition government not to work with the AfD to pass legislation. Merkel, who once led the CDU ...