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Germany's Parliament Rejects Immigration Bill Amid Far-Right Backing

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The German parliament has rejected several bills and motions aimed at tightening immigration controls. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who is a frontrunner to become the next chancellor, has proposed multiple bills to restrict immigration, citing recent knife attacks in the country and a need for a more restrictive approach to migration. Despite the backing of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, the bills failed to secure a majority in the Bundestag.

  1. DE
    Bernd Baumann
    Alternative for Germany
    1. There can only be a fundamental change in migration policy with the AfD. The CDU/CSU has copied our demands in its draft law and that is why we are agreeing to it.
  2. DE
    Alice Weidel
    Alternative for Germany
    1. There are no dissenters who stab a legitimate cause in the back.
    2. Friedrich Merz jumped as a tiger and ended up as a bedside rug.
  3. DE
    Friedrich Merz
    Christian Democratic Union
    1. They want us to reach solutions to the questions with which people concern themselves in their everyday lives, and above all we want to reach solutions so that people in our country can feel safe again.
    2. You can't seriously believe that we are reaching out our hand to a party that wants to destroy us?
    3. A right decision doesn't become wrong just because the wrong people agree to it.
  4. DE
    Annalena Baerbock
    Social Democratic Party
    1. It's not about yourself, it's about Germany. There are times when you have to correct your policy by 180 degrees. That is precisely the question now. Do the right thing.
    2. First a motion on Wednesday, then a bill today — what's coming next?
    3. You don't have to tear down a firewall with a wrecking ball to set your own house on fire. It's enough to keep drilling holes.
    4. We all make mistakes, but responsibility means being able to correct ourselves.
  5. DE
    Olaf Scholz
    Social Democratic Party of Germany
    1. Since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany over 75 years ago, there has always been a clear consensus among all democrats in our parliaments: we do not make common cause with the far-right.
  6. DE
    Rolf Mützenich
    Social Democratic Party of Germany
    1. Today's process is more dramatic than Wednesday's breach of taboo. For the first time, there is a danger that AfD votes will create law, not just a motion.
    2. Weimar failed because of the lack of unity in democracy. But Weimar also failed because the authoritarian mindset never completely disappeared.
    3. Two facts you need to know: Merz did not communicate or consult with AfD on anti migration legislation and motions. He did, however, break with his own pledge not to accept AfD support if it is key to secure a majority.

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  3. Germany Reconsiders Immigration Laws Amid Conservative Criticism

sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.DW News
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.Le Monde
  5. 5.BBC
  6. 6.France 24
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse
  8. 8.Der Spiegel

perspectives

  1. 1.Islamic Terrorism
  2. 2.Immigration to Europe
  3. 3.Immigration
  4. 4.Scholz Coalition in Germany
  5. 5.Terrorist Attacks in Europe
  6. 6.Schengen Area

countries

  1. 1.GermanyDE
  2. 2.FranceFR
  3. 3.GreeceGR
  4. 4.LibyaLY
  5. 5.NetherlandsNL
  6. 6.RomaniaRO
  7. 7.SerbiaRS

organizations

  1. 1.Alternative for GermanyDE
  2. 2.Bundestag
  3. 3.Green Party
  4. 4.Social Democratic Party
  5. 5.Christian Democratic Union
  6. 6.BlueskyUS
  7. 7.Bündnis Sahra WagenknechtDE
  8. 8.Central Council of Jews
  9. 9.Drents Museum
  10. 10.Free Democratic PartyDE
  11. 11.Human Rights Legal Project
  12. 12.Refugee Support Aegean

persons

  1. 1.Friedrich MerzDE
  2. 2.Olaf ScholzDE
  3. 3.Alice WeidelDE
  4. 4.Angela MerkelDE
  5. 5.Rolf MützenichDE
  6. 6.Annalena BaerbockDE
  7. 7.Jakub Krupa
  8. 8.Albrecht Weinberg
  9. 9.Bernd BaumannDE
  10. 10.Elon MuskUS
  11. 11.François BayrouFR
  12. 12.Giulia Saudelli

technicals

  1. 1.Aegean Sea
  2. 2.Danube River
  3. 3.Influx Limitation Law
  4. 4.Nazism
  5. 5.Holocaust
  6. 6.World War II