Germany AfD: Merkel fires minister over far right row
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed a minister for praising the election of a liberal candidate who was supported by the far right.
The candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, won an election in the state of Thuringia with the backing of the far-right AfD party.
Christian Hirte, who belongs to Mrs Merkel's CDU party, tweeted his congratulations afterwards.
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This uproar in Germany has been going on for about 3 days. So, some might be interested in reading up more on this.
