04:06Chancellor Merkel was faced with criticism from the AfD (Alternative for German) leadership during a sitting of the Bundestag on Wednesday.
The sitting discussed a €30 billion ($35 billion) aid package for victims of the heavy rain and flooding seen in July 2021.
SPD (Socialist Democratic Party) chancellor candidate and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz described the package as "an impressive sign of solidarity" and a show that Germany is "standing together as a country."
"These last weeks and months of Chancellor Merkel's government are sinking into sequences of crisis which are marked by wrong decisions, failure to act and government failure," commented AfD chancellor candidate and party leader Alice Weidel.
"The attempts to instrumentalise the suffering of flood victims for the forcing of climate protection [policy] is an especially scruffy manoeuvrer of one's own ignorance and incoherence," added Weidel.
Weidel's statements were criticised by CDU (Christian Democratic Union) chancellor candidate and party leader Armin Laschet, who argued that an attempt to create "an impression that the country is split" were untrue.
The aid package was given a green light from the government on August 10 as part of a response to a crisis which has displaced thousands and killed over 180 people.
Germany: Merkel faces criticism as Bundestag holds discussion on €30bn aid package to flood victims
Chancellor Merkel was faced with criticism from the AfD (Alternative for German) leadership during a sitting of the Bundestag on Wednesday.
The sitting discussed a €30 billion ($35 billion) aid package for victims of the heavy rain and flooding seen in July 2021.
SPD (Socialist Democratic Party) chancellor candidate and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz described the package as "an impressive sign of solidarity" and a show that Germany is "standing together as a country."
"These last weeks and months of Chancellor Merkel's government are sinking into sequences of crisis which are marked by wrong decisions, failure to act and government failure," commented AfD chancellor candidate and party leader Alice Weidel.
"The attempts to instrumentalise the suffering of flood victims for the forcing of climate protection [policy] is an especially scruffy manoeuvrer of one's own ignorance and incoherence," added Weidel.
Weidel's statements were criticised by CDU (Christian Democratic Union) chancellor candidate and party leader Armin Laschet, who argued that an attempt to create "an impression that the country is split" were untrue.
The aid package was given a green light from the government on August 10 as part of a response to a crisis which has displaced thousands and killed over 180 people.
Chancellor Merkel was faced with criticism from the AfD (Alternative for German) leadership during a sitting of the Bundestag on Wednesday.
The sitting discussed a €30 billion ($35 billion) aid package for victims of the heavy rain and flooding seen in July 2021.
SPD (Socialist Democratic Party) chancellor candidate and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz described the package as "an impressive sign of solidarity" and a show that Germany is "standing together as a country."
"These last weeks and months of Chancellor Merkel's government are sinking into sequences of crisis which are marked by wrong decisions, failure to act and government failure," commented AfD chancellor candidate and party leader Alice Weidel.
"The attempts to instrumentalise the suffering of flood victims for the forcing of climate protection [policy] is an especially scruffy manoeuvrer of one's own ignorance and incoherence," added Weidel.
Weidel's statements were criticised by CDU (Christian Democratic Union) chancellor candidate and party leader Armin Laschet, who argued that an attempt to create "an impression that the country is split" were untrue.
The aid package was given a green light from the government on August 10 as part of a response to a crisis which has displaced thousands and killed over 180 people.