The German chancellor and the US president were supposed to speak today, 9 September, but the meeting was canceled by Berlin: spokesperson Kornelius did not confirm that the decision was taken due to the tycoon's comments regarding the far-right's victory in Saxony-Anhalt. "They have finally grown tired of the absolutely disastrous immigration rules and regulations that have hurt Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE and can't take it anymore! MGGA!!!," Trump wrote on Truth
The phone call scheduled for today, 9 September, between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump in view of the anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers on 11 September has been postponed: it has been postponed by the German side. Spokesman Stefan Kornelius at a press conference in Berlin, when asked by journalists, did not want to confirm that the decision was taken following the US president's comments regarding the AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt. "Wow! The populist party in Germany has just had a truly important evening. They have finally grown tired of the absolutely disastrous immigration rules and regulations that have harmed Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE and they can't take it anymore! MGGA!!!", writes the tycoon in Truth, adapting his Make America Great Again (Maga) to Make Germany Great Again (Mgga). Meanwhile, Merz harshly attacks the AfD, accusing the party of being "a destructive force", citing its positions on remigration - "it is nothing more than ethnic cleansing" - and its closeness to Russia.
Back and forth between Merz and Weidel: tension in the Bundestag
“The citizens of Saxony-Anhalt have made it clear, by expressing themselves with the sovereign vote of democracy, that the black-red government is finished. Friedrich Merz destroys the political space for negotiation", said AfD leader Alice Weidel, speaking at the Bundestag in Berlin. Immediately afterwards Merz responded to her. “Your remigration is nothing more than ethnic cleansing", she said, underlining that there is already consensus in the government on the expulsion of illegal migrants. Weidel also accused the German government of escalating the rhetoric of war between Ukraine and Russia, while the US would try to stop it. Merz also responded to this. The AfD is “a destructive force” that instrumentalizes Ukraine, “turning executioners into victims,” he said. “The allure of democracy is being threatened by Russia. What distinguishes you is contempt for our democratic institutions and a constant personal denigration of the representatives of our state. This is the distinctive feature of your politics and this is the distinctive feature of your political action,” he added.
AfD receives the first no votes for the formation of the regional council
However, the road to forming the new regional council in Saxony-Anhalt for the ultra-right AfD remains uphill, as expected: the party has received the first no votes for possible consultations from the Greens and Social Democrats. "It is absurd to imagine that we will hold talks with the far right about the future of this country," candidate Susan Sziborra Seidlitz told dpa. The Social Democrats also denied the talks: "The request came by email and we do not accept the offer," the spokeswoman replied to the German agency. AfD, led by candidate Ulrich Siegmund, despite having triumphed in the Land with 43.8% of the votes, did not in fact reach an absolute majority. To form an executive he could perhaps count on the support of Sahra Wagenknecht's BSW.
Chief bishops of Germany: "There is no place in the Church for the AfD ideology"
The president of the German Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Heiner Wilmer, says he was "left speechless" by the AfD's electoral result, which he harshly criticizes. "It is demonstrated that the AfD party has an ethno-nationalist mold. There is no place for this ideology based on ethnic nationalism neither inside nor outside the house of God, neither in Christianity, nor in Judaism, nor in Islam," he said.
