Designated CDU boss Merz does not want to tolerate cooperation with AfD – Germany

Berlin – The designated German CDU chairman Friedrich Merz wants to rigorously prevent his party from cooperating with the right-wing populist AfD. “With me there will be a firewall to the AfD,” Merz told the “Spiegel”. “The regional associations, especially in the east, get a crystal clear message from us: If anyone of us raises their hand to work with the AfD, then the next day there will be a party exclusion process.”