Political change begins on Germany's borders, interior minister says

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2025-05-16

Berlin (dpa) - Stronger controls on Germany's borders are a first step in reforming the country's migration policy, Interior Minister Alexander Dobdrindt said on Friday. "Citizens expect political change from us," Dobrindt said in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, after taking office last week under Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new conservative-led coalition government. The interior minister, from the Bavaria-only Christian Soc......

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