Team of rivals Chancellor keeps her enemies close

Angela Merkel has had to hand over key ministries to some of her biggest critics. Olaf Scholz, vice-chancellor and finance minister, will be a powerful rival as leader of a group of SPD ministers. Horst Seehofer, the interior minister, is a stern critic of Mrs Merkel’s refugee policy. Jens Spahn, the health minister, has spoken out against her, while

Julia Klöckner, the agriculture minister, is among those in her own party who want Mrs Merkel’s job.