# Merz says the traffic light has lost control of migration

Date: 2023

Through 2023 [Merz](/people/friedrich-merz) made migration the CDU’s main domestic charge against Scholz. Speeches are not statutes. The charge still structured later 2025 policy.

## People

- Friedrich Merz: https://factrail.ai/people/friedrich-merz

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://web.de/magazine/politik/friedrich-merz-sommerinterview-verbot-afd-38455634

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-merz-times-talk-2023