Merz condemns AfD's migration policy as ethnic cleansing

In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz clashed with AfD leader Alice Weidel in the Bundestag, accusing her party of promoting ethnic cleansing through its migration policy. This confrontation followed the AfD's significant electoral victory in Saxony-Anhalt, where they secured almost 44% of the vote. Merz argued that the AfD's policies would harm the labor market and essential services, while Weidel claimed that the government's immigration policies had made Germany unsafe.