Germany's Merz accuses right wing AfD of calling for 'ethnic cleansing'
Merz said the AfD’s remigration policy would damage Germany’s economy and leave hospitals, care homes and restaurants short of workers.
- 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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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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"Remigration is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing," said Merz on Wednesday, voicing uncharacteristically strong opposition to the far-right following a ground-shaking state election.
"They are a destructive force," said the Chancellor in a tense duel with the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Lower House of ParliamentSajonia-Anhalt, the territory AfD wants to turn into the “laboratory” of his mass deportation plan for Germany.The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the Co-President of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, have waged a duel this Wednesday in the Lower House of Parliament, where the Head…
The German Chancellor, cornered by Alternative's victory for Germany in last Sunday's elections, has heavily charged this Wednesday...
The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, accused the right-wing extreme party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) on Wednesday that it is pursuing "ethnic cleansing through its campaign of "remigration", being its first public confrontation with AfD since the shocking Sunday success of the party in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, reports The Guardian.
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