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 centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and backed by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
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 sees himself and his faction in a stronger position. "I also see myself very much strengthened by what we in the faction decided this week,
Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national ...
More than 20,000 people demonstrated in the northern German city of Hamburg on Friday against efforts by the centre-right ...
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German politicians are holding a debate and vote on the controversial 'Influx Limitation Law', which aims to tighten ...
CDU leader Friedrich Merz says he will not shun the help of the far-right AfD to push them through. Proposals put forward by ...
When the CDU motions passed on Wednesday evening, by four votes, an eerie silence hung for a moment over the Bundestag chamber. Then AfD parliamentarians began applauding what they see as the first ...
An anti-migration motion brought by the main opposition conservatives – the CDU – was passed with support from the far-right ...
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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