Germany's Merz accuses right wing AfD of calling for 'ethnic cleansing'
Merz said the AfD’s remigration plan would amount to ethnic cleansing and warned the party cannot win a governing majority in Germany.
- 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 acknowledged that the country faces migration challenges, but rejected the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s proposals to change migration policy, Die Zeit reported, quoted by News.bg. During his address to the Bundestag, Merz said that there is a consensus in the ruling coalition that Germany must address migration challenges and increase the number of deportations of people who do not have the right to permanent …
The budget debate at the Bundestag plenary session has become a face-to-face political reckoning this Wednesday morning following the regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, in which Alternative for Germany (AfD) was crowned with almost 44% of votes. As leader of the opposition, AfD co-president and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel has harshly criticized the « monumental public debt» of 200 billion euros a year that emerges from the general budget…
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The Independent (US)Germany’s Merz accuses far-right AfD of calling for ‘ethnic cleansing’ after defeat
Merz also took aim at the AfD's calls for ending support for Ukraine
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