In an approving tone, Merz said the number of refugees fleeing to Germany had fallen since he took office in May, “but we still have this problem in the cityscape, and that is why the interior minister is working to carry out large-scale deportations.”
You missed the part where he says he wants to distance himself more from the AfD.
And then puts stuff up for vote in parliament that he knows will only succeed because of votes from AfD.