Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

Image Mr. Köhler with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin in 2009 ... Florian Seefried/Getty Images In 2010, a year into his second term, Mr. Köhler resigned abruptly amid a barrage of criticism ...

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The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters. Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for drawing on ...

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 ...

Angela Merkel, who led Germany for 16 years until 2021, pictured at a press event for her new memoir in November. Michael Kappeler/Pool/Getty Images Berlin, Germany Reuters — ...

Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to work with the AfD. Merkel noted that party leader Friedrich Merz had said in November that no measures should be passed ...