The former chancellor’s comments come after the CDU put forward a proposal which was supported by the far-right AfD.
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US and Russian figure skaters were on board crashed plane
They include two teenagers, their mothers and two former Russian stars, according to their club in Boston.
Watch: Rescue efforts as passenger jet and helicopter collide in DC
An American Airlines flight collided in mid-air with a military helicopter in Washington DC.
Pentagon strips Gen Milley of security detail and clearance
The former US general was critical of Trump in the past, at one point calling him a “fascist”.
Russia withdraws military equipment from Syrian port, images show
Moscow had moved columns of military vehicles to the port after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
DR Congo president vows ‘vigorous’ fight to halt M23 rebel advance
DR Congo’s leader says the country “will not let itself be humiliated” after rebels seized the city of Goma.
Five skiers killed in French Alps avalanches
Two separate avalanches killed four Norwegians and one Swiss skier.
Man who burned Quran ‘shot dead in Sweden’
Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm.
Zuma’s daughter arrested over South Africa riots
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence in 2021 following the jailing of her father.
What we know so far about Washington DC plane crash
The aircraft collided with a military helicopter that was on a training flight as it approached the runway.