German opposition’s migration bill defeated amid row over far-right support

A session of the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

The German parliament has narrowly rejected an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked becoming the first draft legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party.

It became a focus of a controversy about the attitude towards the far-right of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election.