Germany's Merz accuses right wing AfD of calling for 'ethnic cleansing'
Merz said the AfD’s mass deportation plan would hurt the labor market, warning that hospitals, care homes and restaurants could not function.
- On September 6, the far-right Alternative for Germany secured a landslide victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, capturing 44.5% of the vote—the party's strongest performance since its 2013 founding.
- Deep voter frustration over immigration fueled the victory; according to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 91% of AfD supporters fear a new influx of foreigners while 85% worry about societal change.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces mounting pressure after his Christian Democratic Union suffered a significant defeat, prompting him to cancel a planned trip to the United Nations General Assembly next week.
- Political instability persists as CDU lawmakers contemplate a confidence vote later this year; meanwhile, AfD officials are reportedly exploring potential coalitions with the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance or individual CDU members.
- Two more state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania scheduled for Sunday will test whether the AfD's momentum will further destabilize Chancellor Merz's national leadership.
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At the party congress, the delegates decided by a large majority to invite Greens and SPDs to exploratory talks.
Elif Eralp’s party seeks to turn its historic electoral victory into a coalition despite the differences over the expropriation of homes and the controversy over accusations of anti-Semitism
After winning the municipal elections in Berlin, Die Linke struggles to seal a coalition agreement with his historic allies, the Greens and the Social Democrats, who suspect an anti-Semitic drift of the...
150 Jewish Berliners defend the Left Party against anti-Semitism accusations, including the Austrian writer Eva Menasse.
After the recent election to the House of Representatives, Berlin is expected to march to the abyss with even greater steps: Under left-wing leadership, not only will the debt and the punishment of all those preparing to perform increase, but crime and anti-Semitism also flourish. Parties of the establishment are now appalled in the media – but it is not credible.
150 Berlin Jews, Israelis back Left-led government, rejecting antisemitism claim
Prominent Jewish cultural figures, many of whom are Israelis, signed an open letter welcoming Die Linke's victory in the Berlin mayoral election. Israel's envoy to Germany called the result 'unsettling' for those concerned about Jewish life in Berlin
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