German Conservatives Take Hard Line on Migrants to Foil AfD
- Merz vows to roll-back measures designed to attract workers
- Key ally calls rise of Austria’s far-right warning for Germany
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The German conservative in pole position to become the next chancellor is toughening his position on migration as he tries to fend off the threat of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
At a meeting with his Bavarian partners on Wednesday, Friedrich Merz highlighted migration as a critical issue in the upcoming election after reaffirming his promise to make it harder to obtain a passport and easier to strip citizenship from foreign-born Germans who commit serious crimes.