Bundestag reject Merz's second migration bill amid backlash in Germany

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The centre-right CDU party leader sparked fierce criticism on Wednesday for accepting the far right's support in pushing a first bill through parliament.

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00:00The Bundestag has narrowly rejected an opposition bill to tighten migration laws in Germany.

00:07If it had passed, it would have been the first draft legislation to succeed because of AfD

00:13party far-right support. The government fiercely criticised the opposition leader Friedrich

00:19Mörst.

00:50Protesters said the CDU should seek the support of other parties and not the AfD.

01:10Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Mörst can no longer be trusted not to form a government

01:15with the AfD, which he has angrily denied.

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