Alice Weidel used AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win to attack Chancellor Friedrich Merz in parliament. The exchange underlined mounting pressure on Merz over elections, Ukraine and migration.

Friedrich Merz said he will push ahead with reforms after AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win. The result piles pressure on his government and tests Germany's far-right firewall.

BERLIN, Aug 30 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that a victory for the far-right AfD party in next week's regional election in Saxony-Anhalt would damage the eastern state and deter foreign companies from investing there. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.