Friedrich Merz says he will boost border controls if he wins power in next month’s elections
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”.
About Author
More Stories
Peter Dutton says he will help his children with a house deposit ‘at some stage’
Tuesday briefing: How Donald Trump has left Ukrainian civilians in greater danger than ever
Australian PM voices concern after report Russia requested access to Indonesia air force base