German SPD demands sweeping pro-immigration commitments in CDU coalition talks
- The German Social Democratic Party demanded major pro-immigration commitments for a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union after recent elections.
- Among SPD's demands is a federal skilled workers program for 500,000 migrants annually, which aims to manage demographic change and skilled labor needs.
- The SPD also calls for pathways to citizenship for illegal immigrants, stating they should be used only as an 'absolute last resort.'
- Accepting SPD's conditions would contradict CDU leader Friedrich Merz's campaign pledges for stricter migration controls and asylum laws.
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