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 it would leave hospitals and restaurants unable to function.
- 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 far-right party taunts chancellor after election triumph
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Three days after the regional elections were held in Saxony-Anhalt in which the extreme right came out victorious, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) on Wednesday of seeking an “ethnic cleansing” with its “remigration” campaign. AfD won almost 44% of the votes in Saxony-Anhalt, but remained to three seats of the absolute majority. Its main candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, seeks the support of other partie…
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mannheim24.deDuring the general debate in the Bundestag, the AfD celebrates its Sachsen-Anhalt-Triumph. Merz poisons back – but the skepticism remains. The polls are in the basement.
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