FDP General Secretary Djir-Sarai Calls on Merz to Return to the Negotiating Table

The FDP is urging CDU leader Friedrich Merz not to shy away from further debates on stricter asylum laws and to find a common solution with the Ampel coalition. FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai called on the Union and its leader to return to the negotiating table.

Talks between the Union and the Ampel government on migration policy failed this week. CDU leader Merz had called for extensive rejections of refugees at the border, including asylum seekers.

The government had legal concerns about this proposal. The Bundestag is discussing an asylum and security package in the wake of the suspected Islamist knife attack in Solingen.

The Union has presented its own draft law to limit immigration. The FDP General Secretary is also appealing to the Union to participate in debates on stricter asylum laws.

The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is calling on the democratic center to find a common solution. The Jusos and Green Youth are also strongly criticizing the asylum policy of the Ampel coalition.