Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...
Alternative for Germany party goes mainstream after historic vote on immigration restrictions
Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.
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'Migration showdown': How plans to tighten borders and alter citizenship law have divided Germany
Germany's political parties are clashing over plans to clamp down on migration following the stabbings in Aschaffenburg. But ...
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 ...
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A day of drama in the Bundestag
R ARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar in Germany’s parliament, a tiny majority of ...
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German Bundestag passes far-right backed motion to limit immigration
Germany's parliament narrowly passed a resolution Wednesday urging tough restrictions on immigration that was especially ...
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Germany’s far-right ‘firewall’ under strain as migration debate flares
Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become chancellor in February's election, is making waves by agreeing to work with the far ...
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Bavaria Bundestag votes for more rejections at the borders
The Bundestag has spoken out in favor of more rejections of asylum seekers at Germany's borders. A corresponding motion by ...
Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote
An anti-migration motion brought by the main opposition conservatives – the CDU – was passed with support from the far-right ...