Friedrich Merz says he will boost border controls if he wins power next month, as Afghan man arrested over killings
Germany’s opposition leader has pledged to strengthen border controls and step up deportations if he becomes chancellor after elections next month, a day after an Afghan man was arrested over a knife attack in which two people died.
Friedrich Merz, whose conservative CDU/CSU alliance is leading in polls, said he would not allow attacks like the one in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday to become a “normal affair”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/german-opposition-leader-pledges-to-deport-more-immigrants-if-elected
Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin
Publish date : 2025-01-23 17:16:52
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