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German conservatives vow migrant crackdown push

In Germany, the right hardens on the issue of immigration

CDU chancellorship candidate Friedrich Merz wants to strengthen measures against illegal immigration and replace European asylum legislation, deemed 'dysfunctional,' with national law.

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German Conservatives Vow to Intensify Hard-line Immigration Push

German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz vowed to push ahead with a bid to ram hard-line immigration legislation through parliament, stepping up an effort to lure voters away from the far-right Alternative for Germany party ahead of next month’s snap election.

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German conservatives vow migrant crackdown push despite outrage

Despite provoking outrage from other mainstream political parties, German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz said on Monday that he plans to push forward with a vote in parliament on hard-line immigration legislation.

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Germany: Merz meets resistance with risky border gambit

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls, and claimed ...

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Germany’s Election Is Challenging Historic Taboos

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AfD surge threatens to spoil party in home town of ‘Germany’s next chancellor’

Polling data in home town of Friedrich Merz, Germany’s frontrunner to be next chancellor, are worry for main parties ...

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Knife attack in Aschaffenburg sparks heated debate on Germany's migration policy

The attack in Aschaffenburg is the latest in a series of violent incidents in Germany, intensifying fears surrounding ...

Thousands in Germany protest the rise of the far right ahead of next month's election

Tens of thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant ...

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Germany’s far-right firewall weakens as Merz pledges migration crackdown

Germany’s conservative candidate, Friedrich Merz, suggested he’d push through tougher migration measures even with AfD ...

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Germany's Merz slams migration policy as 'shambles,' demands reforms

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has demanded fundamental changes to migration policy and a dramatic increase in ...

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Friedrich Merz vows to seal Germany’s borders after Bavaria knife attack

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner in the race to become ... were “dysfunctional”, the conservative leader said, adding: “Germany must therefore make use of its right to the primacy of national ...

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Merz vows migration crackdown on Day 1 as German chancellor

The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

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Will German conservative Merz demolish far-right 'firewall'?

Election front-runner Friedrich Merz wants stricter migration policies following a deadly stabbing in Aschaffenburg. Some in ...

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Tens of thousands protest Germany's far right as Musk backs AfD

Tens of thousands of Germans rallied Saturday against the far right ahead of next month's legislative elections, as US tech ...

‘Firewall’ Around the Far Right Wobbles in Germany

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

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