Merz and Weidel clash in parliament after AfD election win

German Chancellor Merz and AfD co-leader Alice Weidel trade bitter attacks after the party’s historic win in Saxony-Anhalt. Can Merz halt the AfD’s momentum, or will his attacks backfire in upcoming regional elections?

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Days after the far-right AfD scored its best-ever result in a German state election, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and AfD co-leader Alice Weidel clashed bitterly in parliament over migration, Ukraine, energy and the economy.

Merz went further than before, likening the AfD’s so-called “remigration” policy to ethnic cleansing. DW Chief Political Editor Michaela Küfner examines Merz’s increasingly combative approach, and what it could mean for his party in the regional elections ahead.

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