German Chancellor and leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel waits for a TV interview at the end of the CDU's annual party meeting in Hanover, December 5, 2012. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government blocked legislation on Wednesday that could have granted dual citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants even though it is trying to recruit skilled foreigners to alleviate a labour shortage.
The left-wing opposition accused Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition of holding an antiquated world view and anti-Turkish sentiment verging on racism, setting up immigration as a campaign issue before a federal election in September.
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