German Lawmakers Aim to Impose Some Limits on Full-Face Veils

German Lawmakers Aim to Impose Some Limits on Full-Face Veils
In December, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a ban on full-face Muslim veils "wherever legally possible." With five months to go before a federal election, Ms. Merkel’s
party, the Christian Democratic Union, has lost some support to an anti-immigrant party, Alternative for Germany, as Germany struggles to deal with a migrant crisis.
In February, the southern state of Bavaria, governed by the Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party to Ms. Merkel’s
conservatives, said it would ban the full-face veil in schools, universities, government workplaces and polling stations.
By REUTERSAPRIL 27, 2017
BERLIN — Germany’s lower house of Parliament on Thursday agreed on draft legislation
that aims to prevent civil servants, judges and soldiers in Germany from wearing full-face veils at work.