While the 'five-point plan' border security motion infamously passed with support from the CDU, liberal Free Democrats (FDP), and AfD, the citizenship repeal motion, which contained a total of 27 ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party ... calls for Germany to turn back many more migrants at its borders, knowing it might need the AfD's backing to pass. Support from ...

Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious ... party to Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), voiced public support for this week's parliamentary votes, calling the ...

head of the centre-right CDU, put a non-binding motion to Germany’s parliament on Wednesday to strengthen border controls and accelerate deportations. The measure passed thanks to the support of ...

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