Election theme
Looks like Friedrich Merz will be Germany's next chancellor.
Friedrich Merz (CDU) could become Germany's next chancellor. Party leader Friedrich Merz and his CDU are working with a tailwind. The party is leading in German opinion polls ahead of the February 23 election. The CDU has put forward a series of proposals to tighten German migration policy. Among other things, they want the government to introduce permanent border controls and that it should be allowed to deport anyone who enters the country illegally, including asylum seekers. On Wednesday, the proposals were voted through – after support from the right-wing nationalist party AFD.
"We simply owe it to the people of our country, and not least the victims of the violence of recent months, to really do everything now to limit illegal migration," Merz told AP after Wednesday's vote. He was referring to the knife attack in Aschaffenburg on January 22, in which a 41-year-old man killed a child and a man. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
Germany: Scholtz's challenger is supported by the AFD. Ahead of the parliamentary elections in Germany on February 23, it is now clear that the Christian Democrats CDU will seek support from the AFD on issues related to immigration. Watch the feature on TV4 News.