(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, OCTOBER 29 - A one-time rival of German
Chancellor Angela Merkel has assailed her leadership style,
adding to tensions in her center-right party after a dismal
state election performance.
Friedrich Merz ran last year to succeed Merkel as leader of
her Christian Democratic Union but was narrowly defeated by
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. He still has many supporters in the
party.
On Sunday, the CDU finished third in an election in
Thuringia, a state it once dominated.
In an interview Monday night with ZDF television, Merz
pointed to the "abysmal" image of Merkel's national government.
Merz said the party is in "a really difficult situation" and
said the main reason why is that "the inertia and lack of
leadership of the chancellor has been hanging over this country
like a blanket of fog for years." (ANSA-AP).
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