The law would have clearly limited immigration.
On Friday, the German Bundestag, or Parliament, rejected a proposal to tighten the law on immigration by 338-350.
Five representatives voted empty.
The purpose of the law was to clearly limit immigration to Germany.
President of the Christian Democratic Friedrich Merz justified the bill with recent terrorist attacks. Immigrant backgrounds have been identified by German terrorist attacks.
Opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) relied on the votes of the right -wing (AFD) party to get the initiative through.
On Wednesday, Parliament approved the statement at the end of the fierce debate.
This created a protest wave. This week, thousands of people gathered in the streets to defend the so -called “firewall”.
In German politics, firewall refers to the principle that parties do not work with the extreme right.
Some of the CDU members also opposed cooperation with AfD.
In Germany, premature federation elections will be held on February 23.
According to surveys, CDU’s Merz has been a pre -favorite for the next Chancellor.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz commented on Friday that Merz could no longer be trusted, as after a possible victory, Merz might request an AfD to his government.
Source: AFP
20.41 corrected. The protesters favored, did not oppose the firewall.