# Merz calls AfD’s ‘remigration’ plan ‘ethnic cleansing’ in fiery debate

https://mins.news/en/video/51648

- DW News, 2026-09-09 16:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW8jRBcTXWo

> Days after the far-right AfD achieved its best-ever result in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, co-leader Alice Weidel and Chancellor Friedrich Merz clashed in Germany’s parliament. Amid personal attacks and ominous warnings, Merz likened the party’s so-called “remigration” plan to ethnic cleansing.

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