00:01German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and co-chairwoman of the AfD, Alice Weidel,
00:06had a heated exchange in Parliament on Wednesday,
00:08three days after the far-right's crushing election victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
00:13Weidel opened the debate, declaring that the days of Merz's coalition are over.
00:49A combative merits responded that AfD's state election result was remarkable,
00:54but noted the party missed the absolute majority needed to govern in Saxony-Anhalt.
00:59While his government has moved to toughen migration policy,
01:03he also attacked AfD's use of the politically charged term remigration while pushing for more deportations.
01:10Nirgendwo in Deutschland werden Sie mit dieser Politik die Mehrheiten bekommen.
01:16Sie sind, und Sie bleiben, Frau Weidel, eine destruktive Kraft.
01:22Und wenn das wahr würde, was Sie hier propagieren, nämlich Remigration,
01:29was ja nichts anderes ist als eine ethnische Säuberung nach Hauptfarbe und Herkunft.
01:50The rise of the AfD has unnerved many who feel Germany has a special responsibility to atone for its Nazi
01:57past.
01:58The AfD took almost 44% of the vote in Sunday's election against 17% for the CDU,
02:05putting Merz's party under increasing pressure ahead of two more regional elections this month
02:10where the AfD is expected to come out strong.
02:14Thank you very much.
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