Preserving the firewall: 160,000 demonstrate in Berlin against Friedrich Merz
Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...
Friedrich Merz: The German leader trying to bury Angela Merkel’s legacy - analysis
Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...
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German Bundestag blocks Merz's immigration bill in narrow defeat
The Bundestag rejected the CDU/CSU bill on limiting immigration. The media noted that this was a painful defeat for Friedrich ...
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German Bundestag rejects immigration bill pushed by conservatives and far right
An immigration bill from Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz and backed controversially by the ...
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 ...
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Merz’s far-right gamble backfires
Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil over weakening of Germany’s “firewall.” ...
Friedrich Merz’s flirtation with German far right condemned by Angela Merkel
Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...
Eerie silence in Bundestag as far-right AfD sees chink of light
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Tens of thousands protest in Berlin against proposed German immigration crackdown
Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Sunday against plans to limit immigration proposed by opposition conservatives and ...