Black day for democracy

Germany's parliament descended into heckles and recriminations on Wednesday after a "firewall" against working with the far-right cracked. Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz, who tabled the plans, defended his actions as "necessary". But Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed the move as an "unforgivable mistake".

Merz strategy a serious mistake for democracy, says Olaf Scholz Source: AAP