Europe live: Teaming up with AfD would be an ‘unforgivable mistake’, Scholz warns opposition
The German chancellor insisted existing border laws had been tightened up under his government and said more deportations had taken place
Angela Giuffrida writes from Rome
There’s much debate in Italy today as the country absorbs the news that prime minister Giorgia Meloni is under investigation over the unexpected release and repatriation last week of a Libyan warlord wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court.
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