Merz rejects coalition with AfD

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00:00The only reason that Friedrich Merz is having those discussions, though, with the Social

00:04Democrats is because he has refused to work with the AFD.

00:09Even though they came second, even though they've got a much larger vote share, he believes

00:12they're too extremist, too far to the right.

00:15He doesn't want to do business with them, which is why he's reaching across the political

00:19aisle to his political opponents who are in the centre-left.

00:22And despite being a conservative chancellor, or he soon will be, he believes they are the

00:27best path forward to try and form a government here to lead Germany.