Merz announced plans to strengthen the fight against illegal migration

The new German government will strengthen control over illegal migration in the country. This was announced on April 9 by the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz.

"We will change the law on citizenship again: There will be no more so—called "turbonaturalization" in 3 years, now it will be possible to get citizenship again only after 5 years of living in the country," Merz said at a press conference following coalition talks with the Social Democrats, which was broadcast on the Phoenix YouTube channel.

In addition, the head of the CDU announced plans to strengthen control at the borders of Germany and expel migrants who are there illegally from the territory of Germany.

In addition, in his speech, Merz touched upon the topic of anti-Russian restrictions. He noted that the new German government intends to continue to enforce sanctions against Russia, and also intends to support the European Union (EU) in imposing duties on fertilizer imports from Russia and Belarus.

Change of power: German elections won by the opposition CDU/CSU party

Friedrich Merz will be the new chancellor.

On the same day, Reuters reported that the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which took second place in the early parliamentary elections in Germany, topped the popularity rating of the country's parties for the first time. The CDU, according to polls, has support at 24%.

Earlier, on February 14, US Vice President Jay Dee Vance said that the current migration crisis in the EU was the result of the European authorities' own actions. According to him, the record scale of immigration is related to the purposeful policy of the authorities, which has been carried out for a whole decade.