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.
German parliament expected to vote on migration bill that could pass with far-right support
BERLIN — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could become the first legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party — adding to a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election toward the far right.
1don MSN
The Alternative for Germany party helped conservatives push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold this week, ...
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...
Germany's parliament faced the possibility of passing a law due to far-right support for the first time in post-war history, ...
1d
On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...
Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...
Tens of thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant ...
2don MSN
Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...
Germany's mainstream parties were locked in talks on Friday in an attempt to avert the possibility of a law passing thanks to ...
Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue ...
The bill had the support of both Germany's conservatives and the far-right party Alternative for Germany, which are leading ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback