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CDU leader Friedrich Merz at a campaign event in Erfurt on August 21, 2024

Merz’s Crackdown on Migrant Handouts Fixes Nothing

Zoltán Kottász October 9, 2025

Germany scraps Bürgergeld and its three-year citizenship rule, yet Merz’s “turning point” barely alters the system he vowed to overhaul.

Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Söder, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Bärbel Bas and German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil arrive to give a statement after a coalition committee meeting, on October 9, 2024 at the Chancellery in Berlin.

Germany Abolishes Three-Year Fast-Track Citizenship Route

TEC News / AFP October 9, 2025

The Interior Minister stressed that German citizenship should reward integration, not encourage illegal migration.

A supporter of Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, buys a calander of the ’12 most beautiful deportation airplanes’ as he waits for her to address an election campaign rally on January 25, 2025 in Halle, Germany.

Germany Fails to Control Migration as Majority of Deportations Fail

TEC News September 5, 2025

An AfD inquiry reveals that roughly six out of ten planned deportations are unsuccessful, exposing weaknesses in Germany’s immigration enforcement.

Germany’s Welfare Model Has Reached the End of the Road

Sven R. Larson August 26, 2025

Chancellor Merz has conceded that Germany can no longer sustain its expansive welfare state—a fiscal surrender to economic reality that other nations may soon be forced to replicate.

Reichstag building front with German flags

Germany To Curtail Civil Liberties in Pandemic Power Grab

Zolta Győri August 21, 2025

The Merz government is moving forward with proposed legislation to restrict individual rights, without explanation for why that is needed.

Protest against police ‘racism’ in Wiesbaden, Germany, on October 24, 2020

German State Has “Lost Control”: Police Called to Asylum Shelters Forty Times a Day

Zoltán Kottász August 12, 2025

Knife attacks, sexual assault, murder—police officers have a hard time coping with migrant crime.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul addresses parliamentarians while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz listens in the background during a session at the Bundestag in Berlin on July 9, 2025.

Germany Has To Let Thousands of Afghan Migrants In, Court Rules

Zoltán Kottász July 12, 2025

The foreign minister confirmed that the government would comply with the decision.

Asylees protest the temporary suspension of family reunifications with a placard that reads ‘Every family counts!’ outside the Bundestag in Berlin on June 26, 2025.

Germany Suspends Family Reunification for Some—But Not Nearly Enough—Migrants

TEC News June 27, 2025

The new legislation only applies to migrants with subsidiary protection status.

German Government Vows to Defy Court Ruling on Migrant Pushbacks

TEC News / AFP June 3, 2025

The court said asylum seekers may not be turned away at the border.

Tag: Merz government

Merz’s Crackdown on Migrant Handouts Fixes Nothing

Germany Abolishes Three-Year Fast-Track Citizenship Route

Germany Fails to Control Migration as Majority of Deportations Fail

Germany’s Welfare Model Has Reached the End of the Road

Germany To Curtail Civil Liberties in Pandemic Power Grab

German State Has “Lost Control”: Police Called to Asylum Shelters Forty Times a Day

Germany Has To Let Thousands of Afghan Migrants In, Court Rules

Germany Suspends Family Reunification for Some—But Not Nearly Enough—Migrants

German Government Vows to Defy Court Ruling on Migrant Pushbacks

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