Angela Merkel rebukes CDU leader for alliance with far-right on immigration
Ex-chancellor makes rare intervention to criticise her own party for passing asylum policy with support of AfD
The former German chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised Friedrich Merz, her eventual successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, for pushing through proposals on migration and asylum with the backing of the far-right AfD party.
In a rare intervention in public affairs since stepping down from politics in December 2021, Merkel said Merz, who is tipped to become Germany’s next chancellor, had in effect performed a U-turn.
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