German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the "right person" to protect the European project throughout Brexit negotiations, a key political ally told CNBC.

"(Merkel) wants to work together with (French President Emmanuel) Macron but also with all others in Europe who want to safeguard the European idea because at the moment we do have a problem with Brexit," Michael Fuchs, vice chairman of Merkel's center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said on Tuesday.

Brexit is scheduled to take place in March 2019 yet while the third round of talks concluded on Thursday; British and European officials appeared unable to even agree on whether any progress had been made.

"We don't want to have another example of Brexit … So we have to work on Europe (and) Angela Merkel is the right person to do so," he added.