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Bill calls for more difficult rules for migration, widely criticized for undermining the “firewall” against working with the far right.
The German Parliament closely rejected a bill to restrict immigration proposed by opposition conservatives with the support of the far -right alternative to Germany (AFD) by deflecting the prospect of a law for the first time in modern German history, thanks to the support of the final right part S
On Friday, after an unusually heated debate slowed down from long and unsuccessful negotiations for a compromise between major parties, the bill was rejected by 350 votes to 338, with five abstinences.
Germany is ready to hold Snap elections On February 23, after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Skolz's coalition last year. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has made requests for a more restrictive approach to migration at the center of his campaign after a deadly attack with a knife last week by a rejected asylum seeker.
On Wednesday, the Conservatives of his Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU) accepted a continuous proposal calling for immigration repression, with the support of AFD.
This move was wide criticized from the public and politicians who have stated that it threatens the “firewall” of major parties against far -right countries.
Even former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who rarely commented on politics after her retirement, stuck Mertz's decision as “wrong”. Thousands of protesters also gathered on Thursday in front of the Berlin headquarters at the CDU of Merz. Other demonstrations were held elsewhere in Germany.
During the debate on Friday regarding the Bill of Merz, German Foreign Minister Analen Baerbok, green, said: “You do not need to destroy a destructive ball to set your own house. It is enough to continue drilling holes. “
“First offer on Wednesday, then the bill today – what's next?”
Merz said, “You can't seriously believe that we have reached out to a party that wants to destroy us?”
He said he would “do everything in the coming weeks, months, and if it takes years, so that this party does not continue to grow and become a peripheral phenomenon again as soon as possible.”
“People there … don't want us to argue for AFD,” he said.
“They want us to reach solutions to the issues that people are affected by their daily lives, and we mostly want to reach solutions so that people in our country can feel safe again,” he added.
The end result after the vote of the bill was greeted by a brief collapse of applause by the ruling Social Democrats and Greens, which were the largest parties that opposed this law on immigration.
But AFD leader Alice Widel told reporters that the result was a “bitter defeat” for the leader of CDU Merz. She added that this shows his inability to push measures to restrict immigration.
As the election nearby, the polls show that CDU leading to about 30 percent support, while AFD is second by about 20 percent and the Social Democrats and Greens are even further.
This week, however, the maneuver has expanded the division between the Merz Block, the Scholz Left Social Democrats and their other coalition partners, the environmentalists of the Green-party Merz may have to form a ruling coalition after the election.
