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German parliament passed a migration crackdown motion led by Friedrich Merz, impacting asylum policy ahead of the February elections.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German election frontrunner Friedrich Merz succeeded on Wednesday in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a migration crackdown including the rejection of asylum seekers at the country's land borders.
It is not yet clear who voted for the motion but Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and the Greens had previously opposed it. As such it is likely it passed with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany amid other smaller parties.
The motion is a risky gambit for Merz, chief of the opposition conservative CDU/CSU bloc, ahead of the election on Feb 23, allowing him to seize the initiative on migration policy but also leading to him breaking a taboo on cooperation with the far-right.
(Reporting by Andrey Sychev and Sarah Marsh)
The main topic is the German parliament passing a migration crackdown motion led by Friedrich Merz.
The motion likely passed with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany and other smaller parties.
The motion affects Germany's asylum policy and has electoral implications for Friedrich Merz.
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