BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's main opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, on Sunday ruled out cooperation of any kind with far-right party Alternative for ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSBERLIN - Germany's main opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, on Sunday ruled out cooperation of any kind with far-right party Alternative for Germany
"We don't work with the AfD," Merz, who leads the Christian Democrats , said in an interview on German broadcaster ARD Das Erste."There are majorities without the AfD." The pitfalls of joining hands with the far-right were underscored for Merz in July when he had to row back from comments suggesting he could work with AfD at a local level following a backlash from within his own ranks.
Founded a decade ago, the nationalist, anti-immigrant AfD recently reached a new high in a national opinion poll but the idea of cooperating with the party has been taboo for Germany's mainstream politicians. Merz called for a U-Turn in migration policy, proposing a shift in asylum policies and an end to open borders, at least temporarily.
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