Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it attempts to cut the number of migrants arriving in the country

Germany has extended temporary border controls for six months and informed the European Union, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday as he tries to show his government is combating irregular migration less than two weeks before an election.

The German government has extended controls at all of the country's land borders by another six months in an effort to further reduce irregular migration, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday. "With border controls,

More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted the Alternative for Germany’s lead election candidate in Budapest, a further sign the firewall erected around the far-right party in Berlin is under strain ahead of this month’s snap national ballot.

It is the first time the Hungarian prime minister is hosting a politician from the far-right German party. The two share an anti-immigration stance and a desire to rebuild Europe's relations with Russia.