Braun, Kiesewetter, Wanderwitz - This is the list of dissenters: The Merz law failed because of these MPs

FOCUS online Braun, Kiesewetter, Wanderwitz - This is the list of dissenters: The Merz law failed because of these MPs dpa • 1 hour • 2 minutes reading time The Union has not found a majority for its law for more stringent migration policy. There are a total of twelve dissenters in the CDU/CSU. Many MPs in the FDP are also refusing to support it. The Union's motion failed because of these MPs. The Union faction's draft law to limit migration, which was hotly debated because of the AfD's support, failed in the Bundestag. Chair of the session Petra Pau announced that the "influx limitation law" had not found a majority. Accordingly, 692 MPs cast their votes: 338 yes votes, 349 no votes and five abstentions. According to the Bundestag administration, 184 Union MPs voted for the draft. Twelve MPs from the faction did not cast their votes. The dissenters in the CDU/CSU are Helge Braun Monika Grütters Thomas Heilmann Roderich Kiesewetter Yvonne Magwas Martin Plum Antje Tillmann Astrid Timmermann-Fechter Marco Wanderwitz Sabine Weiss Annette Widmann-Mauz Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker There were no no votes or abstentions from the parliamentary group. In the FDP, a remarkable number of MPs refused their support. Prominent members of the party also distanced themselves. The following FDP MPs did not vote Valentin Abel Renata Alt Jens Brandenburg Marco Buschmann Thomas Hacker Katrin Helling-Plahr Manuel Höferlin Christoph Hoffmann Ann-Veruschka Jurisch Karsten Klein Lukas Köhler Konstantin Kuhle Ria Schröder Stephan Seiter Johannes Vogel Nicole Westig The former Minister of Justice Buschmann was ill and was therefore absent from the Bundestag today. Those who voted no were: Anikó Glogowski-Merten Ulrich Lechte The abstentions were: Jens Beeck Nils Gründer Carina Konrad Kristine Lütke Matthias Seestern-Pauly There were 75 yes votes from the AfD, one AfD MP did not vote. Five independents, seven BSW MPs and 67 FDP MPs also supported the plan. Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) was disappointed that there were also two no votes, five abstentions and 16 non-votes from the FDP parliamentary group. The SPD, the Greens and the Left Party had unanimously rejected the plans and strongly criticized them - in terms of content and because, in their view, no law should be introduced into the Bundestag that the AfD could help to gain a majority.