Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes that he will can return to office following the election on February 23. The latest ARD ...

Politicians from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) criticized former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her comments on the migration policy of the CDU's chancellor candidate, Friedrich Merz.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country's conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control with the ...

Angela Merkel has taken aim at the party she once led following the rising popularity and influence of the far-right ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a highly unusual ... right Alternative for Germany (AfD). In a statement, Merkel accused CDU leader Friedrich Merz of turning his back on a previous ...

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

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

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

In rare public statement, Merkel criticizes her party's decision to pass anti-immigration proposal with critical support of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a reception of the North Rhine ...

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 with the ...