Olaf Scholz attacks rival’s ‘unforgivable mistake’ as AfD backs migration plan
Opposition leader Friedrich Merz accused of breaking longstanding political firewall against far-right populists
The leader of Germany’s conservative opposition has been backed in his controversial plans to restrict migration by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, in what Olaf Scholz branded “an unforgivable mistake.”
Friedrich Merz was accused by Scholz’s minority government of breaking a longstanding political firewall against the far-right populists. He had presented two non-binding motions to parliament, aimed at boosting security measures and closing all of Germany’s land borders to irregular migration.
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