Merz accuses AfD of ‘ethnic cleansing’ agenda, postpones call with Trump after president praises party

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is stonewalling President Donald Trump after the U.S. leader celebrated the victory of a party the chancellor claims is promoting “ethnic cleansing.” Merz publicly confronted the Alternative for Deutschland in a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, just days after the right-wing party won a whopping 44% of the vote in the state […]

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