German chancellor Friedrich Merz accuses far-right AfD party of seeking ‘ethnic cleansing’
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- Irish Examiner World·13h agoGerman chancellor Friedrich Merz accuses far-right AfD party of seeking ‘ethnic cleansing’
“The term ‘remigration’ is nothing but a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin colour,” he said on Wednesday to applause from the other parties in the Bundestag lower house.
Read at Irish Examiner World → - Independent World·15h agoGermany’s Merz accuses far-right AfD of calling for ‘ethnic cleansing’ after bruising defeat
Merz also took aim at the AfD's calls for ending support for Ukraine
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