Weidel attacks Merz in German budget debate after Saxony-Anhalt losses

In Germany's parliamentary budget debate, AfD leader Alice Weidel launched sharp personal attacks on Chancellor Friedrich Merz, declaring his time was over following the CDU's electoral defeat in Saxony-Anhalt. Weidel accused the government of failing on migration and domestic security, labeled its Russia policy "war propaganda," and called the energy transition wasted money. She also charged Merz with unprecedented debt policies, claiming he was driving Germany toward state bankruptcy. Weidel asserted the black-red coalition was finished, citing voters' clear message in Saxony-Anhalt, and reiterated her party's ambition to govern at the federal level.