A non-binding motion calling for tougher border and asylum rules passed with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). During the stormy session, politicians of va

With less than four weeks before Germany’s federal election, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz, who is leading polls, will take their contentious battle over how to crack down on illegal migration to parliament.

The right to asylum must be preserved, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, as lawmakers prepared to vote on controversial motions seeking to reform the country's migration policy. In a major speech to the German parliament,