Angela Merkel Throws Firework into German Election Campaign
31st January 2025
Politico, a Voice of the Crust.
She obviously misses the good old days in East Germany.
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 criticize her own side.
In publicly chastizing the leader of the party that she spearheaded for more than two decades, and barely three weeks before voters go to the polls, Merkel faces questions over whether her intervention will end up doing the very thing she warned against: boosting support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
For Politico, there is no right but the far-right.