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"Merz says Europeans fear 'public spaces' due to migration
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on his recent comments about migrants and criminality, saying Germans and Europeans were "afraid to move around in public spaces."
On a visit to Potsdam last week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talked about how his government was toughening up its migration policy. The primary aim, he said, was to continue to combat what he called illegal immigration.
Then he added another sentence, which has since caused a furor: "But we still have this problem in the cityscape, of course, and that's why the federal interior minister is facilitating and carrying out large-scale deportations."
The offhand remark has been widely criticized as racist, with many saying the chancellor is echoing the rhetoric of the far-right, anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has been on par with Merz's conservative CDU in recent polls.
Critics from the opposition Greens and the Left Party, but also from Merz's center-left coalition partners, the SPD, have accused the chancellor of fomenting prejudice and furthering societal division by suggesting that diverse urban populations should be targets for deportation, while — incorrectly — blaming them for high crime rates, harassment and sexual assaults.
He also claimed, however, that many people in Germany and across Europe were nonetheless "afraid to move around in public spaces" due to migrants "who do not have permanent residence status, do not work, and do not abide by our rules."
www.dw.com
Sometimes, a European politician slips up and speaks the truth. He may not be invited to the next EU WEF cult gathering in Davos.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on his recent comments about migrants and criminality, saying Germans and Europeans were "afraid to move around in public spaces."
On a visit to Potsdam last week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talked about how his government was toughening up its migration policy. The primary aim, he said, was to continue to combat what he called illegal immigration.
Then he added another sentence, which has since caused a furor: "But we still have this problem in the cityscape, of course, and that's why the federal interior minister is facilitating and carrying out large-scale deportations."
The offhand remark has been widely criticized as racist, with many saying the chancellor is echoing the rhetoric of the far-right, anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has been on par with Merz's conservative CDU in recent polls.
Critics from the opposition Greens and the Left Party, but also from Merz's center-left coalition partners, the SPD, have accused the chancellor of fomenting prejudice and furthering societal division by suggesting that diverse urban populations should be targets for deportation, while — incorrectly — blaming them for high crime rates, harassment and sexual assaults.
He also claimed, however, that many people in Germany and across Europe were nonetheless "afraid to move around in public spaces" due to migrants "who do not have permanent residence status, do not work, and do not abide by our rules."
Merz says Europeans fear 'public spaces' due to migration
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on his recent comments about migrants and criminality, saying Germans and Europeans were "afraid to move around in public spaces."
Sometimes, a European politician slips up and speaks the truth. He may not be invited to the next EU WEF cult gathering in Davos.