{"id":54187,"date":"2025-11-15T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/german-chancellor-insists-he-wont-cooperate-with-far-right-afd\/15\/11\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:58:58","slug":"german-chancellor-insists-he-wont-cooperate-with-far-right-afd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/german-chancellor-insists-he-wont-cooperate-with-far-right-afd\/15\/11\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"German chancellor insists he won&#8217;t cooperate with far-right AfD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reiterated that his party will not cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Not because there is a firewall between us \u2013 forget that word &#8211; we are worlds apart from this party,&#8221; Merz told a meeting of his conservative bloc&#8217;s youth movement in the south-western German town of Rust on Saturday. &#8220;We have nothing in common with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Merz has consistently said that his bloc would never work with the AfD, a concept called the firewall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He emphasized that he has no intention of jeopardizing the legacy of this party, which he associates with the names of Helmut Kohl and Konrad Adenauer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Merz also stressed that under his leadership, Germany should remain a country open to immigrants. 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