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Here’s how it could become harder for people-smugglers to reach the UK
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will announce a law change, one week after French President Emmanuel Macron also promised changes to combat illegal migration to the UK.
German judge warns Constitutional Court row threatens its reputation
A judge whose nomination to Germany's top court was shelved after a row over her support for legalising abortion warned that ...
Germany's Constitutional Court becomes political football
It is unclear what will happen next.The German parliament failed to complete one of its more important constitutional tasks ...
How Germany selects its top judges
Independent justices preside over Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. Germany's more than 20,000 judges are not "bound by ...
Postponed vote on top judge pitches German coalition into crisis
A planned vote on appointing three new judges to Germany's Constitutional Court was shelved on Friday, as conservative ...