Germany has blocked a bill calling for tougher rules on migration after a close vote in the country's parliament. The legislation was put forward by the country's opposition leader, Freidrich Merz, who has called for Germany to tighten migration controls after a series of high-profile killings by people with immigrant backgrounds.

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German parliament rejects opposition's draft migration law

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the far-right

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German parliament rejects controversial migration bill backed by far-right

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.

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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. Read full story

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Migration law gamble backfires for Germany's conservative chancellor hopeful

The German parliament has narrowly rejected an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked becoming the first draft legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party.

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German MPs reject opposition’s bill for tougher rules on migration

The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked becoming the first draft legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party and became a focus of a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany's upcoming election toward the far right.

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German opposition's migration bill narrowly defeated amid controversy over far-right support

The lack of support for the project represents a blow to Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative opposition, who, according to opinion polls, could become Germany's next prime minister

A falta de apoio ao projeto representa um golpe para Friedrich Merz, líder da oposição conservadora, que, segundo as pesquisas de opinião, poderá se tornar o próximo primeiro-ministro da Alemanha

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German Parliament rejects anti-immigration bill

If the law had passed, it would have been the first in the country’s modern history to do so thanks to the support of the far-right.

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German migrant bill backed by far-right fails in blow to election front runner

The German parliament rejected an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy on Friday.

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BERLIN - 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.

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German Parliament Rejects Migration Bill Backed by Far-Right AfD

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