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Migration Law Gamble Backfires for Germany's Conservative Chancellor Hopeful

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to support him in backing a migration bill that thereby failed to pass in parliament.

CNN · 5h

German parliament rejects opposition’s draft migration law

The German parliament rejected an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy on Friday, two days after the opposition conservatives were accused of breaching an agreement against cooperating with the far right for the first time.

Yahoo · 14h

German lawmakers face another contentious vote on migration reforms

German lawmakers face another hugely contentious vote on Friday, days after a motion demanding reforms to migration laws passed in parliament with backing from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD),

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Merkel criticizes leader of her own party for cooperating with German far right

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

Courthouse News Service1h

Germany’s firewall against the far right cracks but holds — barely

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...

11hon MSN

German party could rely on far-right again for immigration vote

CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.

DPA International on MSN4h

Germany's SPD double down on Merz criticism as migration bill fails

Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

France 24 on MSN4h

Germany's parliament narrowly rejects right-wing immigration law

The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday a bill sponsored by conservatives and the far right calling for stricter ...

Germany: MPs reject immigration bill from right and far right

After the conservative CDU-CSU bloc joined with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party to pass a non-binding motion ...

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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.

ThePrint54m

German parliament rejects immigration bill, big blow to Merz ahead of elections

German Parliament on Friday (local time) rejected the immigration bill pushed by opposition’s Freidrich Merz to tighten rules in the existing laws, DW reported. The bill, backed by the Germany’s ...

Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far Right

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly ...

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Election Candidates

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...

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Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU

Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Germany on Thursday to protest ...

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