Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the move, stating it has effectively reduced asylum applications and illegal crossings.

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Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... international relations. Merz also said Germany needed to get Poland "at the table as fast as possible ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become ... traditional core EU partner France but also with Poland and Italy, led by far-right premier Giorgia ...