Merz brands AfD remigration call as ethnic cleansing in fiery Bundestag clash
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned the AfD's demand for mass deportations as 'ethnic cleansing' during a heated Bundestag exchange with AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, shortly after the party's strong Saxony-Anhalt win; Weidel urged change and framed immigration as unsafe, while Merz warned the policy would devastate Germany's labor market and accused the party of Russian ties amid broader political tensions.
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