Merz, who was subjected to the next German chancellor of the leading CDU in the election, said on Wednesday that politics was not mistaken just because “the wrong people supported him” and that he did not seek and did not want AFD support.
But Merkel accused him of violating the promise he made in November to work with the Social Democratic Party and Greens to accept the legislation, not AFD.
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The former chancellor stated that she had fully supported this “expression of great state political responsibility”.
“I think it’s wrong not to feel connected with this proposal anymore, and thus deliberately allow UDD to get the majority in the German Bundestag on January 29, 2025.”
She said that “all democratic parties” had to work together “to do everything possible to prevent such terrible attacks in the future as those that took place shortly before Christmas in Magdeburg and a few days ago in Schlafenburg.”
This is a rare intervention from Merkel.
In order to openly criticize the candidate of his own party to the chancellor – just a few weeks from the election – this is a big step and add rocket fuel to the already explosive history in German politics.
Merkel and Merz come back for a long way – and not as best friends.
In the early 2000s, it was glorified on the side after it won in the fight against CDU power.
Mertz would continue to come to the front policy for years before returning.
Since then, he criticized the Merkel’s heritage – especially her treatment of the migration crisis.
They also have very different visions for the party, and Merkel is seen as a more pragmatic center and a de -more -traditional CDU conservative wing.
Voting on Wednesday violated a long -standing taboo in German politics – and Merz must also propose the legislation on Friday, which AFD could support.
The current German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz called this step a “unforgivable mistake”.
“Since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, more than 75 years ago, our parliaments always have a clear consensus: we do not make a common cause with the far right,” he said.
