# Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win

https://mins.news/en/item/51247

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 11:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98679wr78do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clashed with AfD leader Alice Weidel in parliament after the party won almost 44% in Saxony-Anhalt. Merz called the AfD a destructive force and said its migration policy would amount to “ethnic cleansing” of skilled workers; the party fell three seats short of a majority.

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