Wolfgang Schäuble: Memoirs reveal intrigues against Angela Merkel. Former CSU leader Edmund Stoiber is said to have urged him to overthrow Merkel at the height of the refugee crisis.
Stoiber was Prime Minister of Bavaria from 1993 to 2007 and chairman of the CSU from 1999 to 2007. The CDU politician died on Boxing Day at the age of 81. He was head of the Chancellery, Federal Minister of the Interior and Finance and President of the Bundestag.