Germany, Olaf Scholz and Knife attack

Scholz's challenger demands tougher migration rules as knife attack spills into German election
Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a reject
Scholz Asks Why Afghan Knife Attack Suspect Was Still In Germany
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned a deadly knife attack Wednesday as "an unbelievable act of terror" and demanded to know why the Afghan suspect had been able to stay in the country.
Knife attack in Germany kills two people, including a child
The fatal stabbing in a Bavarian park left two others seriously injured. The suspect, an Afghan national, was arrested near the scene. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demanded to know why the suspect had been able to stay in the country.
Knife attacker in Germany kills two
A knife attacker killed a two-year-old child and a man on Wednesday in a public park in Germany, where police arrested an Afghan man as the main suspect.
Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
His main election challenger, Friedrich Merz, whose center-right Union bloc leads polls, stepped up his party's vows to toughen migration policy. He said that Germany has had a mi
German frontrunner vows border ban on irregular migrants after knife attack
The conservative opposition leader tipped to lead Germany following next month's elections has promised far-reaching changes to border and asylum rules after a group of children were targeted in a deadly knife attack in Bavaria.
German opposition leader vows asylum reforms after knife attack
Germany's opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker spilled over into an election campaign in which he is the front-runner.

Macron, Olaf Scholz and Germany

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German Chancellor Scholz: 'We do not tolerate anti-Semitism'
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said it was "outrageous and shameful" that the Jewish community still faces discrimination, 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Trump's return darkens mood as Germany heads to elections
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Germany's leader says Musk's support for European far-right is 'completely unacceptable'
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Germans are growing cold on the debt brake
W HAT DO Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz, the Bundesbank, the imf, the OECD, Germany’s biggest trade union, its state-appointed council of economic experts and most of its European allies have in common?