Bundestag president threatens to eject AfD lawmakers after they heckle Chancellor Merz
Bundestag president Julia Klöckner warned AfD deputies they could be expelled after repeatedly interrupting Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s speech with jeers.
In a recent Bundestag session, President Julia Klöckner told AfD parliamentarians she would have them removed from the plenary if they kept disrupting the debate. The AfD members shouted derisive interjections at Chancellor Friedrich Merz, making his remarks hard to hear. Klöckner’s warning highlighted the escalating tension between the governing coalition and the far-right opposition.
Why it matters
It shows rising parliamentary tension in Germany as opposition tactics clash with procedural rules.
How this story developed
- Sep 9 Trump lauds AfD's strong showing in Saxony-Anhalt state election
- Sep 9 Trump posted a congratulatory message to the AfD on Truth Social after the Saxony‑Anhalt results.
- Sep 9 Merz and AfD leader Alice Weidel clashed in a Bundestag budget debate following the Saxony‑Anhalt result.
- Sep 10 Friedrich Merz labeled the opposition’s remigration proposal as ethnic cleansing, prompting loud AfD protests and a threat of expulsion by Bundestag president Julia Klöner.
- Sep 10 A new Insa poll shows the CDU sliding sharply in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, while the SPD narrows the gap with the AfD and smaller parties risk missing the threshold.
- Sep 11 Only the BSW agreed to talks as all other parties declined, and Chancellor Merz rebuked Donald Trump’s congratulatory post.
- Sep 11 A new poll confirms the AfD’s continued lead while the CDU’s support keeps slipping.
- Sep 11 The Bundestag voted to lift Stephan Brandner’s parliamentary immunity.
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BundestagAfDFriedrich MerzJulia Klöcknerhecklingparliamentary tensionGerman politics
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