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German Chancellor Merz ‘shocked’ by far-right AfD win and other news stories | Global News Podcast
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20:31Now PlayingChancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany is facing a tectonic shift in party politics, following the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)'s victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Mr Merz said the result had shaken his conservative CDU to its core, signalling the need for a major reckoning. The anti-immigration AfD has proposed banning LGBTQ rainbow flags in schools and teaching the children of refugees in segregated classes.
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