Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting “on a large scale” migrants who don’t have the right to stay in the country, adding to increasingly tough talk on migration since his coalition performed badly in two state elections earlier this month.
FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a debate fter his speech at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 19, 2023. Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting on a large scale migrants who dont have the right to stay in the country, adding to increasingly tough talk on migration since his coalition performed badly in two state elections earlier this month. Scholzs comments were published Friday, Oct.
Scholz's comments in an interview with weekly Der Spiegel were published Friday, as a leading German opposition figure called for the center-left chancellor to dump his quarrelsomeScholz has signaled an increased desire to take personal charge of migration over the past two weeks, following a pair ofin which voters punished his three-party coalition, which has squabbled publicly on a wide range of subjects.
One of the opposition's top figures, Bavarian governor Markus Soeder, earlier Friday suggested that Scholz “dismiss” his junior coalition partners — the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats — and form a “government of national common sense” with his conservative Union bloc, German news agency dpa reported. He argued that there needs to be a “fundamental turnaround in migration policy.
Asked what the chancellor thought of that idea, Scholz spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit replied: “Nothing.” Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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