Germany's Merz accuses right wing AfD of calling for 'ethnic cleansing'
- On Wednesday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz confronted AfD co-leader Alice Weidel in the Bundestag, calling the party a "destructive force" while acknowledging their electoral breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.
- The AfD surged to its biggest win yet in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, while the Christian Democratic Union lost about half its support amid voter discontent over economic stagnation and immigration policy.
- Weidel told Merz that voters "pulverized your party" in Saxony-Anhalt, while Merz attacked the AfD's use of "remigration," calling it a "synonym for ethnic cleansing according to origin and skin color."
- President Donald Trump praised the "Populist Party" on Truth Social Tuesday for rising against "horrible Immigration rules," while Merz accused the AfD of damaging German interests through its stance toward Russia.
- Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will hold elections on September 20, testing whether the AfD can sustain momentum in eastern states where the Christian Democratic Union has historically struggled.
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What should have been a debate on next year's German budget degenerated on Wednesday into a tumultuous discussion of the AfD's major gains in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
The German Chancellor and Co-President of Alternative for Germany have entered into a debate about German policy on Ukraine, migration and the economy, reports The Guardian.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and AfD co-chair Alice Weidel exchanged harsh words.
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Quotidiano NazionaleBerlin, 9 Sep. (askanews) - Responding to the parliamentary debate on the budget at the Bundestag, with the co-president of the AfD, Alice Weidel, who goes back to openly attacking the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, saying that the voters of Saxony-Anhalt have pulverized his party, the Cdu, while Alternative for Germany points to the leadership of the next national government. "The voters of Saxony-Anhalt told him very clearly, in the languag…
The German Chancellor pointed against AfD’s “remigration” plan after his historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt; Berlin postponed a conversation with the US President after he celebrated the result
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