# Merz accuses AfD of promoting ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Bundestag clash with Weidel

https://mins.news/en/item/51300

- euronews, 2026-09-09 12:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/09/germanys-merz-accuses-afd-of-promoting-ethnic-cleansing-in-bundestag-clash-with-weidel

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the AfD of promoting “ethnic cleansing” during a clash with co-leader Alice Weidel in the Bundestag. In Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, the party fell three seats short of an absolute majority and said it was negotiating with other groups and MPs to form a state government.

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