Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the ... election campaign and drawn condemnation from former chancellor Angela Merkel. The leader of the Christian Democrats, who is the frontrunner ...

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

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 ...

Friedrich Merz broke ... the last conservative Chancellor, Angela Merkel, which has become a deadly burden not only to her party but to Germany as a whole. Merz, who was forced out of the CDU ...

to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader Friedrich Merz will seek the AfD's support in parliament today over the flashpoint issue after his first ...

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

That may still be the outcome, and it would allow the CDU leader, Friedrich Merz, a veteran politician ... re-enter – former chancellor Angela Merkel. In the years following her retirement ...

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 ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism ... have cast doubt on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz can still be trusted not to bring the far-right ...