Bundestag, the German federal parliament, voted on Friday to reject the Influx Limitation Law, an anti-migration bill proposed by the country's opposition and supported by the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
The legislation was rejected after 350 members of the parliament voted against it, with 338 voting in favor and five abstaining. The draft law, put forward by Germany's main opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), proposed tightening the country's immigration rules and suspending family reunification for people with subsidiary protection status.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel blamed CDU leader Friedrich Merz for the bill not passing, noting that only her party is capable of introducing radical change.
