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Germany: Angela Merkel chides own party over far-right help

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to work with the AfD.

Merkel noted that party leader Friedrich Merz had said in November that no measures should be passed with the AfD's support before the February 23 election, adding "I think it was wrong to no longer feel bound by this proposal." "This proposal and the attitude associated with it were an expression of great national political responsibility, which I fully support," Merkel said in a statement released by her office. But the shadow of the historic stateswoman looms large," she argued, adding that Merz had made a mistake by breaking his own promise not to seek a parliamentary majority with AfD participation.

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