I havent seen any english Articles about this so Im giving you guys the Infos on this way.

Yesterday our conservative Party (CDU) has passed a suggestion for a law about immigration, which is a plan with 5 points, with the help of the liberals (FDP) and the far right facist party (AfD). Prior to this the CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has announced, that hes willing to pass this with the support of the AfD. This marks an official end to the so called “firewall against the far right”. This law includes, that immigrants who are seeking Asylum are no longer allowed to enter Germany and criminal immigrants who have to leave germany will be detained until they get deported or decide to leave germany by themselves.

The 5 points of the plan are the following:

  • Permament controls at the borders of the German Federal Republic (using the emergency provision of the Schengen Borders Code), de facto ending the free movement of European Citizens;
  • Blocking the access to the country to anyone not possessing adequate documentation (making it near impossible to come and request asylum);
  • Immediate sequestration of anyone required to leave the German soil, ordering the creation of special detention camps to keep up with the induced demand;
  • Request of active participation of the Bundesländer (regions) with information regarding the financing and support to create detention camps;
  • Tightening of the right of residence for offenders and dangerous persons: Offenders and dangerous persons who are obliged to leave the country should remain in an indefinite detention until they return to their home country voluntarily or their deportation can be carried out.

Thanks to @morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de for sharing this.

This law is probably illegal (its against our constitution). On Friday it is likely that more laws will be passed with the support of the AfD. The pro putin party (BSW) has also announced, that they are willing to support the laws.

Edit: it isnt a law that has been passed, but a suggestion. However, since the CDU and the AfD are about to be the two major parties it is likely that it will be turned into a law after the election.

Edit: Theres an English article about it by The Guardian
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  • federal reverse@feddit.orgMEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    So that situation is horrible.

    But I am not happy with the title here [thank you for editing!]:

    Germany is on its way to fa[s]cism

    That’s not a good way to put it imo, because it presages a future that might not and hopefully won’t happen.

    What’s true is that “conservatives” (CDU/CSU) and “libertarians” (FDP) almost unanimously voted for a populist, useless, unhelpful, racist act that goes both against the German constitution and against EU rules. They’re their repeating historic mistakes, building their majority on the votes of right-wing extremists (Afd). And they’re planning to do it again on Friday.

    And it was completely unnecessary too. There’s no rational power reasoning for the act. Besides the content being worse than useless, enacting it this way is hurting rather than helping CDU’s chances, as it drives people either further right (“the Afd were right all along!!”) or further left/center (“I don’t want to vote for a party working with nazis/hurting the constitution”).

    Tl;dr: We are fucked.

    No, we are not yet h*cked. Afd was polling at 22% in the beginning of 2024, and they lost 8 percentage points in a matter of months, because people took to the streets to form some of the largest protests Germany has seen. Yes, they’ve gained again but there’s at least a chance that the party is banned [in the near future].

    If you’re German - go out and protest this week! https://demokrateam.org/ has a list.