CDU's Jürgen Hardt plans to cast his vote in the Bundestag on refugee policy this week, revealing his stance on the issue.
In the German Bundestag, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group is seeking to bring the "Draft Bill on Limiting the Illegal Influx of Third-Country Nationals to Germany (Influx Limitation Act)" to the final debate and vote. The bill, originally proposed in response to the attack in Solingen in September 2024, aims to tighten controls on illegal migration.
The CDU/CSU has sent the draft resolutions to the factions of SPD, Greens, and FDP, requesting their support. However, a majority of the Union alone with AfD and BSW does not mathematically exist in the Bundestag. Therefore, the CDU/CSU is seeking the votes of the democratic factions for the "Influx Limitation Act" draft bill.
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group is introducing two resolutions, "Five Points for Secure Borders and the End of Illegal Migration" and "For a Policy Change in Internal Security," into the Bundestag plenary. Jürgen Hardt, a Member of Parliament for Solingen, Remscheid, and Wuppertal-Cronenberg and -Ronsdorf, is a spokesperson for foreign affairs of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
Chancellor Scholz has stated that no one should make themselves dependent on how the AfD votes. The Union faction will support 27 laws and the extension of 4 foreign deployments of the Bundeswehr in the Bundestag. The AfD had threatened to call the "Influx Limitation Act" draft bill in the plenary on Friday of that week, but the CDU/CSU decided to bring the bill to the plenary before the AfD could do so.
The Union's intention to bring Bundestag decisions to refugee policy is criticized and fought by SPD and Greens. Recent developments in EU migration and asylum law include EU-level regulations on crisis and temporary protection mechanisms and landmark European Court of Justice rulings expanding migrant rights and limiting state discretion in asylum processes.
As of early August 2025, there is no publicly available specific update in the search results directly addressing the current status or expected Bundestag vote outcome this week on the "Influx Limitation Act" draft bill. Without additional direct sources from German parliamentary proceedings or credible news reports dated in August 2025, the current status and voting outcome cannot be confirmed based on the available information.
Notable attacks have occurred in Mannheim, Solingen, Magdeburg, and Aschaffenburg, adding to the urgency of addressing the issue of illegal migration in Germany. The "Influx Limitation Act" draft bill was rejected by the Ampel majority in the Interior Committee of the German Bundestag on November 6, 2024. The majority ratios in the Interior Committee on that day corresponded to the situation in the Bundestag: The Ampel had the majority and rejected it. On the same evening, the coalition collapsed.
The ongoing debates around asylum procedures, mass influx management, and related EU regulations continue to shape the political landscape in Germany. The CDU/CSU's push for the "Influx Limitation Act" draft bill underscores the importance of these issues and the ongoing efforts to address them in the German Bundestag.
- The ongoing political debates in Germany, particularly surrounding the "Influx Limitation Act" draft bill, can be categorized under the topics of 'policy-and-legislation' and 'politics'.
- The CDU/CSU parliamentary group's attempts to tighten controls on illegal migration, as outlined in the "Draft Bill on Limiting the Illegal Influx of Third-Country Nationals to Germany", fall under the category of 'crime-and-justice' and 'general-news'.
