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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Geir Moulson

German parliament expected to vote on migration bill that could pass with far-right support

Germany Election Migration - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Germany's parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could become the first legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party — adding to a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany's upcoming election toward the far right.

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive approach to migration at the center of his campaign for the Feb. 23 election since a deadly knife attack last week by a rejected asylum-seeker.

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