On 30 May 2005, Merkel won the CDU/CSU nomination to challenge Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of the SPD in the 2005 federal elections. Her party began the campaign with a 21–point lead over the SPD in national opinion polls, although her …

1 day ago · Merkel and Merz go back a long way - and not as the best of friends. He was famously side-lined by Merkel in the early 2000s after she won out in a CDU power struggle.

1 day ago · He was famously side-lined by Merkel in the early 2000s after she won out in a CDU power struggle. Merz would go on to quit front-line politics for many years before making his return.

1 day ago · Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a New Year reception of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in Dusseldorf, Germany, January 18, 2025.

2 days ago · Germany: Angela Merkel chides own party over far-right help 01/30/2025 January 30, 2025. The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of ...

14 hours ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, ... Merz took over the CDU after Merkel, a former rival, stepped down as chancellor in 2021. A more conservative figure, he has taken a more restrictive stance on ...

1 day ago · Angela Merkel — three years after stepping down as chancellor — lit a fire under Germany’s election campaign by choosing now to finally speak up. ... Merz and Merkel have been at odds inside the CDU at least since 2002, when Merkel effectively exiled him from the party’s leadership. Since Merz’s comeback in 2022, he has shifted the ...

Dec 9, 2023 · German former Chancellor Angela Merkel has left the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which has close ties to her CDU party. She reportedly said she'd "grown out of the role" and wanted to be free of...

1 day ago · Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for passing a motion in parliament for hard-line reforms to migration policy ...