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Germany's Merz accuses right wing AfD of calling for 'ethnic cleansing'
Merz said the AfD’s remigration plan would drive labor shortages and damage hospitals, care homes and restaurants, after the party won nearly 44% of the vote.
- 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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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lashed out at Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in parliament. The word remigration, which by...
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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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.
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.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Leaning Left34Leaning Right30Center31Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left
36% Left
L 36%
C 33%
R 31%
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