About 6,000 people demonstrated this Thursday in Berlin in front of the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in protest against the conservative party's decision, which is favored in the polls,
Dozens of people protested outside the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin, after a motion presented by this in the German Lower House - to close the borders to asylum seekers - was approved with the support of the far right.
Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing parties. After a dramatic week of campaign politics and anti-immigrant rhetoric,
Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.
A motion on immigration introduced in the Bundestag by the CDU obtained a majority on Wednesday with support from the far-right AfD. In a rare criticism of her own party, former chancellor Angela Merkel said the move was 'wrong.
Sources told dpa that Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU plan to push forward with a highly controversial vote on legislation cracking down on migration in the lower house of German parliament despite last-minute talks with other parties.
With cheers of surprise and shocked faces, Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and backed by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Shock after motion passed with far-right support for first time, charges brought against man who threw firework into Berlin apartment, Germany cuts its economic forecast for 2025 and more news this Thursday.
German Parliament on Friday (local time) rejected the immigration bill pushed by opposition’s Freidrich Merz to tighten rules in the existing laws, DW reported. The bill, backed by the Germany’s far-right parties,
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament.
Latest polls show CDU/CSU still has strong lead ahead of election, migration policy debate heats up, BMW calls for lower EU tariffs on cars from US and more news from Germany this Wednesday.
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the Bundestag.