<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Naphezu kwesiqubulo sawo esithandwa isikhathi eside esithi Akukho qembu elisemthethweni ngokwentando yeningi elingasohlangothini lwesokudla lwe-CDUCSU, i-Union ibilokhu inomncintiswano omkhulu ongakwesokudla kusukela ngo-2013. Iqembu elisekela ubu-populist i-Alternative for Germany AfD lasungulwa ngokubandakanyeka kwamalungu e-CDU ayengajabule. Ibhalwe ngokunganeliseki kwabathile abagcini bemvelo ngokuphathwa kokuphatha kukaMerkel kwenkinga yesikweletu saseYurophu 200914 futhi kamuva  <response>: Ngo-2015 inkinga yababaleki, bekhala ngokulahlekelwa ubukhosi nokulawula noma ngisho nokuhluleka kombuso. Cishe amaphesenti ayishumi amalungu okuqala e-AfD ayengababaleki be-CDU. Okhethweni lwango-2017, i-CDU ne-CSU balahlekelwa yingxenye enkulu yevoti labo: ngamaphesenti angama-26.8 amavoti ohlwini lwamaqembu, i-CDU yathola umphumela wayo omubi kakhulu kusukela ngo-1949, yalahlekelwa izihlalo ezingaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu eBundestag naphezu kokwandiswa kwephalamende. Ngemva kokuhluleka ukuxoxisana ngokubambisana ne-FDP ne-Greens, baqhubeka nokubambisana kwabo okukhulu ne-SPD. Ngo-Okthoba 2018, uMerkel wamemezela ukuthi uzoshiya isikhundla sokuba ngumholi we-CDU ngoDisemba, kodwa wayefuna ukuhlala njengoKhansela kuze kube ngu-2021. 