The bill had the support of both Germany's conservatives and the far-right party Alternative for Germany, which are leading in the polls ahead of next month's general election.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's main challenger in Germany's upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy to parliament.

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive approach to migration at the centre of his campaign for the February election.

BERLIN — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could become the first legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party — adding to a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election toward the far right.

German parliament rejects controversial migration bill backed by far-right - The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the far-r