US EditionGerman Parliament Rejects Migration Bill Backed by Far-Right AfD
- Germany's Parliament rejected an opposition draft law aimed at tightening immigration policy, averting a historic law backed by the far-right Alternative for Germany .
- The vote concluded with 350 lawmakers against and 338 in favor, as announced by Parliament Vice-President Petra Pau.
- The rejected bill sought stricter asylum laws and was controversial due to support from conservative and far-right parties.
- Chancellor Scholz accused Merz of potentially forming a government with AfD, which Merz denied, amid protests outside the Christian Democratic Union headquarters.
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The German Parliament (Bundestag) voted this Friday against a bill that increased immigration policies, in a context where mass protests had been organized in the country. READ ALSO: Massive protests in Germany against the rise of the ultra-right “A total of 338 deputies voted in favour, 350 voted against and five others abstained,” announced the vice president of the Bundestag, Petra Pau. For her part, the Left Party in the Bundestag stated fro…
More than 5,000 people took to the streets in Darmstadt to protest against the migration policy of the CDU, FDP and AfD as well as CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz. Another rally is planned for Saturday afternoon on Friedensplatz.
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