Angela Merkel retires. But it is still in voting.

A group of criticism, Fredchich Mirz, received the favorite candidate to become Germany’s advisor, last month When the taboo is broken Against work with an arduous right -wing party to pass legislation. But the voice of the opposition was alone shook the country’s political scene: Angela Merkel, the former beloved adviser, who described the decision of Mr. Mirz simply “wrong.”

Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Mirz defied the leadership of Christian Democrats in Germany in most of this century. Mrs. Merkel won early rounds, served 16 years of chancellor, and she retired in 2021. In the end she has an opportunity to win her old position in the elections this month.

But Mrs. Merkel holds his efforts – with her open criticism, and most importantly, with the legacy of the policy stipulated by German voters.

German elections are moved through fears Roard economyA long boom of migration, high energy prices and weak national security, as Russia launched the war to the east and President Trump threatens to raise NATO from the West. The problems led to a review of Mrs. Merkel and how Germany went.

It was Mrs. Merkel that kept the borders of Germany open starting in 2015, which allowed millions of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and other places for stability. The move motivated a violent reaction between German voters. Many political leaders blame this for the rise of the hard right -wing party of Germany, or AFD, which underestimated the deportation of some immigrants and sits second behind Christian Democrats in national opinion polls.

It was Mrs. Merkel who agreed to close the country’s nuclear power plants and increase Germany’s dependence on natural gas imported from Russia, which helped to create an increase in electricity prices and a security crisis after years, after Moscow decided to stop the operation of the taps after that, a complete invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

It was Mrs. Merkel that, as economists say, who suffer from a lack of stimulating critical infrastructure in Germany, which contributes to what German business leaders often call the competitive crisis. It also pushed the depth of trade with China and the rest of the world. This bet on a globalized business model that has become bad in a new era of popular protectionism by countries like the United States and increased competition from low -cost Chinese imports for German manufacturers.

In the weeks hanging of the campaign, Mrs. Merkel takes criticism from all aspects of the competition. Ha Notes Splash did not make many analysts expect when it was released last fall. A poll was issued last week By Bild News, which was conducted by the Insa Research Agency, I found that 43 percent of the Germans now say that Mrs. Merkel’s policies were bad for the country, compared to 31 percent who say it was good.

In many ways, Mrs. Merkel finds herself in a historical location similar to President Bill Clinton’s website in America. One day the most popular leader in her generation was the strength of supervising an economic boom. Now, like Mr. Clinton, who saw public opinion turning strongly against his movements to sign NAFTA and throw open trade with China, she finds her legacy under attack.

Unfortunately, it responds, and with a loom on the horizon in the elections, by criticizing Mr. Mirz.

This criticism attracted a violent reaction, and a renewed focus on Mrs. Merkel, although she does not nominate a parliamentary seat this month.

“The book of Merkel and her statement, unfortunately, revolves around insisting that they are more correct than providing work solutions to people’s current problems,” said Niko Lang, former chief of staff of one of the two ministers to defend Mrs. Merkel. He added that her actions “so she was negatively imagined, even by most of her former supporters.”

There is no single political action that pushes German voters in these elections more than the decision of refugees to Mrs. Merkel in 2015.

At that time, Mrs. Merkel praised the German audience to adopt persecuted immigrants, even those who did not qualify for the official refugee position. But German society has been strained by a decade flowing from immigrants who arrived with knowledge of the few or non -German language, and who have often received great social assistance.

A series of apparently unrelated deadly attacks carried out by immigrants in the cities of Germany during the past year, migrating to the summit of voter fears alongside the economy.

Analysts accurately agree that attention helped AFD, parts of which were classified as extremist by German intelligence.

Mr. Mirz was trying to address the voter immigration concerns when he pushed a group of difficult immigration measures in Parliament late last month, Breaking the consensus of the post -war Against work to pass the laws with the parties that are considered severe.

“I think it is fair to say, do we bite more than it can be chewed?” Said Cornelia Wall.

Economic research has generally found that immigrants have strengthened the size of Germany’s economy over the past decade, through work and spending. Through some measures, the nation was more successful than many of its peers in helping migrants integrate and learn the local language.

Last year’s report From the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development I found that the employment rate for migrants in Germany reached 70 percent in 2022, which is a record and much higher than most other European Union countries.

However, opinion polls showed that the voters were uncomfortable with immigration and crimes committed by immigrants. Politicians, including a wide range of candidates for consultants in these elections, have increasingly responded by condemning Mrs. Merkel’s policies by welcoming.

Alice Wadel, AFD’s candidate, repeatedly raising Mrs. Merkel last month in an interview with Elon Musk billionaire on his social media platform X.

In an interview, Christian Lindner, the Cristian Lindner, said in an interview that some German parties “are still not aware of the predominant interest of people in this country-a break of Merkel’s policies.”

Even Mr. Mirz has accumulated. He said last month, “We found ourselves left with the urges of the misleading and migration in this country,” and it disturbs Chancellor Olaf Schools and Mrs. Merkel.

Mr. Mirz and Christian Democrats joined AFD to pass a symbolic migration in late last month; A second vote, with the aim of tightening the immigration law, Fail Amid some splits by party members.

Mr. Merkel’s criticism of Mr. Mirz came immediately before the final vote, and her relationship with the party in which he participates was strained. Mrs. Merkel refused to take over the position of Fakhri Party after her retirement, as it is often customary, and rarely appears in the party’s events.

He also contributed to the image of stubbornness, which set the time of Mrs. Merkel outside the office.

“She really does not recognize her mistakes,” said Stefan Maestter, head of the regime and governance center in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia at the German Council for Foreign Relations. “I think this, for me, is really important.”

In her autobiography, “Freedom”, Mrs. Merkel appears to blame for her successors in the main political parties in Germany to help AFD, by facing the right in the issue of her signing.

“Democratic parties have a major impact on the strength of AFD in practice,” Mrs. Merkel wrote. “I am convinced that if they assume that they can keep them by allocating their topics to pets and even trying to outperform them in the speech without providing any real solutions to the current problems, it will fail.”

While a few major errors in politics issues were approved, Mrs. Merkel’s book contained some extensive admission cases.

“I know I am not perfect and make mistakes,” I wrote, almost midway in nearly 700 pages.

“The advisor should never have to apologize a lot, but they should not be ashamed to do so when it is inevitable, for fear that it will be interpreted as weakness.”

Melissa Edi The reports contributed.