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German Bundestag blocks Merz's immigration bill in narrow defeat
The Bundestag rejected the CDU/CSU bill on limiting immigration. The media noted that this was a painful defeat for Friedrich ...
What happened in the German parliament and why is the far right hailing it as a ‘historic’ moment?
In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...
DPA International on MSN23h
Merz says he is stronger after Bundestag rejects his migration bill
Despite the defeat on Friday in the German parliament of his proposed immigration law, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...
The Economist2d
A day of drama in the Bundestag
The backdrop to the drama was the murder last week in Aschaffenburg, a town in Bavaria, of two people by an Afghan who should ...
Bundestag MPs reject migration bill by Christian Democratic Union and backed by far-right Alternative for Germany
With cheers of surprise and shocked faces, Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the ...
German parliament expected to vote on migration bill that could pass with far-right support
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...
Politico Europe23h
Merz’s far-right gamble backfires
Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil over weakening of Germany’s “firewall.” ...
German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...
German parliament backs election front-runner’s call for tough border rules with far-right support
Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...