Joke of the day: Angela Merkel party vows to control migration more strongly if re-elected.
Merkel party vows to control migration more strongly if re-elected
Speaking at the presentation of her party programme in Berlin, Merkel said that the CDU, along with Bavarian sister party the CSU, would introduce a “skilled employee migration law.”
The Chancellor said that the goal of the law would be that “no job vacancy remains unfilled,” Spiegel reports.
A booming economy and an ageing population have put pressure on the German government to increase the levels of immigration into the country to fill the jobs that are no longer being filled.
A recent report found that one in two German firms see their business development threatened by a shortage of skilled workers, as they cannot find the employees they need in Germany.