Merz accuses AfD of 'ethnic cleansing' after it wins 44% in Saxony-Anhalt
The German chancellor used the term in a Bundestag confrontation with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying the party's remigration policy would target people by origin and skin colour. The AfD's result — more than double the CDU's share — left it the strongest force in the state, though short of an outright majority.
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