Germany, Friedrich Merz and Border Checks

Germany’s Leading Candidate Calls for Permanent Border Checks
Friedrich Merz, the conservative front-runner in the race for Germany’s chancellorship, called for a radical overhaul of the country’s migration policy including permanent border checks. The comments come after an asylum seeker from Afghanistan was taken into custody over a fatal stabbing of a two-year-old child and a man in a park on Wednesday.
Germany's Friedrich Merz calls for permanent border controls after knife attack
Friedrich Merz, currently leading in polls to become German chancellor, said Thursday if elected he will impose strict border controls.
German CDU leader Friedrich Merz vows to toughen migration policy
Merz, whose centre-right bloc currently tops the polls, is toughening his stance on migration ahead of federal elections next month. View on euronews
Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month
German opposition leader suggests stricter border controls
The stabbing in the German city of Aschaffenburg shocked many people and triggered a political debate in Germany. Conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz said he'll "permanently put controls on all German borders.
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Germany's Merz slams migration policy as 'shambles,' demands reforms
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has demanded fundamental changes to migration policy and a dramatic increase in ...
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Chancellor hopeful Merz prepares Germany for era of ‘systemic conflict’
The incumbent government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat (SPD), has styled itself as a champion of the ...
Leading German Chancellor Candidate Merz Vows More Assertive Global Role
BERLIN (Reuters) - German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted ...
Germany's likely next chancellor demands migration crackdown after knife attack
Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, ...
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Germany knife attack on children reignites pre-vote migrant debate
A deadly knife attack on a play school group in Germany, where an Afghan man was arrested at the scene, reignited a bitter ...
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Germany’s Trump problem
The country’s perennial yearning for reassurance is still dominating discourse — but this time around, it’s likely to be in vain.
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Germany's Merz says EU needs united response to Trump
Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling ...
Ukraine must win, regain full territory, in war with Russia, says Germany’s Merz
BERLIN - Ukraine must win the war against Russia, regain lost territory and be free to join military alliances, Mr Friedrich Merz - favourite to become Germany’s next chancellor - said on Jan 23. Mr ...
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Friedrich Merz: millionaire conservative on verge of German chancellery
Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz, ...
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Germany: Press conference by Merz, chairman of the German CDU party, on the knife attack in Aschaffenburg
The chairman of the party and fraction of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, gives a press conference in ...