Conservative anti-migration plans

No matter what the situation is, conservatives like Friedrich Merz want to limit migration even further. And if that doesn't work, they'll do even more.

Jan 31, 2025 - 08:43
Conservative anti-migration plans

In a motion submitted to the Bundestag on Wednesday, the Union called for at least 38 individual tightenings in asylum, migration and citizenship law alone: ​​from the possibility of expatriation to an end to the “opportunity card” to the “complete exclusion of benefits” for those required to leave the country.

In the excitement over CDU leader Friedrich Merz breaking his word not to collaborate with the AfD, it was overlooked that the motion was rejected. Only a second, significantly slimmed-down CDU paper was adopted with the votes of the AfD and FDP, in which many elements of the other catalogue - including the possibility of denaturalization - are not included.