Merkel Goes into Opposition for the First Time Since 2005

The Conservatives have seen better days. For a long time, they were controllers of politics in the European Union.

European Union’s standard-bearer of the center-right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is retiring after sixteen years. The center-left of the Social Democratic party, Olaf Scholz, will be succeeding her. The Christian Democratic Union of Merkel and the Christian Social Union, their Bavarian partner, will be in opp....