conservative coalition. some of her opponents said she should have taken a tougher stand. interim minister horse as a whole for has been a particularly vocal critic of america s refugee policy. and there was another sign that merkel had been weakened politically the election overall for breakouts has c.d.u. c.s.u. parliamentary group leader. instead of the chancellor s preferred candidate for pick out or. what lies ahead for the c.d.u. once america leaves. and close clip it has become something of a truism to say that by blurring the conservative profile of the c.d.u. by taking the party toward the middle of the political spectrum on issues like migration among others that uncle americal essentially lost voters to the right