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Bundestag reject Merz's second migration bill amid backlash in Germany
Germany’s Merz sparks firestorm by breaking postwar taboo
German parliament rejects legislation to toughen migration rules
GERMANY’S parliament rejected legislation yesterday calling for stricter immigration rules. MPs cast 338 votes in favour, but there were 350 against and five abstentions. This followed a non-binding vote earlier this week, which passed with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, provoking mass protests.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control with the help of the far right.
Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.
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German politicians are holding a debate and vote on the controversial 'Influx Limitation Law', which aims to tighten immigration rules. | ITV National News
Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with the support of the far-right AfD, repeating a tactic that has sparked an
Friedrich Merz, Germany's opposition leader, proposes stringent migration policies, creating pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz's administration ahead of the February election. Merz aims to control borders and reject illegal entries,
Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz's main challenger in Germany's upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy to parliament.
The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to push his five-point migration plan through parliament despite Chancellor Olaf Scholz's strong opposition.
R ARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar in Germany’s parliament, a tiny majority of mps approved a radical five-point plan to curb irreg
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Germany: Scholz warns that closing borders would violate European law as only Orbán would doGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Wednesday that the initiative launched by the head of the conservative opposition and favorite in the polls of voting intentions, Friedrich Merz, to de facto close the borders to refugees violates European law and would equate Germany with Viktor Orbán's Hungary.
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.
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