Union chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz is calling on the SPD in particular to give in on migration policy. "I won't give up hope until the end that the Social Democrats will find the strength to agree to our proposal," he said at an election campaign appearance in Dresden with a view to Friday's vote in the Bundestag. A CDU/CSU bill is then on the agenda, which, among other things, provides for the suspension of family reunification for refugees with limited protection status. The AfD, the FDP and the BSW have signaled their support for the vote.
Merz also tried to clarify his relationship with the AfD. "I am not looking for majorities outside the broad spectrum of the political center. That includes the Social Democrats, it includes the Greens, it includes the FDP, and of course it includes us," he emphasized.
The fact that the AfD has been in the Bundestag since 2017 also has something to do with the policies of recent years. "And my party also bears a great deal of responsibility for this," said the CDU leader. The policy must be corrected to such an extent that the AfD is no longer needed in Germany.
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