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).
German parliament rejects migration bill, dealing blow to election frontrunner
Germany's parliament rejected on Friday an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy, averting the prospect of a law passing for the first time in modern German history thanks to the backing of the far-right.
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Leader of Bavaria's CSU backs conservative leader's migration stepsThe leader of Germany's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to the Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
From an historic 'turning point' in German politics combined with some hope for the future of dual citizenship via five years ...
The backdrop to the drama was the murder last week in Aschaffenburg, a town in Bavaria, of two people by an Afghan who should ...
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Protests over AfD-backed migration reforms draw 20,000 in HamburgMore than 20,000 people demonstrated in the northern German city of Hamburg on Friday against efforts by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to push through reforms to migration laws in ...
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German politicians are holding a debate and vote on the controversial 'Influx Limitation Law', which aims to tighten ...
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take his hard-line immigration push to the next level despite a growing ...
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 ...
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