Immigration: German voters want to accept fewer refugees A majority of Germans believe the country should accept fewer refugees, according to the latest Deutschlandtrend poll. However, most are in favor of EU-wide solutions and are against their country 'going it alone.'

January 31, 2025   

(Deutsche Welle) The date January 29, 2025, will be remembered for a long time in Germany. It was the day the conservative group comprising the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union, the largest opposition force in the Bundestag, put forward a “five-point plan” to toughen asylum policy.

The center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Greens, who formed a minority government after the collapse of the so-called traffic light coalition in November, voted against it, as did the Left Party.

Since the CDU/CSU could not have achieved a majority for its proposal with the sole support of the neoliberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) became key to achieving a majority.

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