Friedrich Merz: Traffic light parties react angrily to allegations of electoral manipulation. Those criticized are now accusing him of AfD style.
The dispute is about the fact that Saxony-Anhalt is to lose a constituency as the proportion of the population declines - in favor of an additional constituency in Bavaria. The Bundestag is scheduled to vote on the draft law from the traffic light factions of the SPD, Greens and FDP on Thursday. The change would “once again manipulate the right to vote and once again cause serious damage to our country’s democracy”