Merz accuses the far right of wanting to carry out “ethnic cleansing” in Germany
Alice Weidel, leader of the AfD party, demands the immediate deportation of “more than a million refugees” in the Bundestag.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has made strong comments, unusual in German politics, against the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). He accused the party of wanting to carry out ethnic cleansing, stating that the term "remigration" used by AfD is synonymous with ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color. This was said in reference to the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament.
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