The AfD looks set to take power in a German state for the first time. In a DW exclusive, the front-runner in Saxony-Anhalt discusses plans to detain immigrants and revamp the school system, and relations with Russia.
But the allegedly center conservatives are parroting every AfD line
That’s exactly what happened here, many parties took the Xenophobe line from our most extreme party.
The Social Democrats even took a lead on that. Since that The Danish Peoples party has never come near their prior strength, and they almost didn’t get a single candidate elected a few years back.
The result is that our immigration politics are extremely harsh, bordering on what’s legal according to treaties we are part of.
But at least we did it without getting a “Geert Wilders” in government, like they did in the Netherlands.
I don’t personally like that our immigration policies are probably the harshest in EU. But unfortunately it seems to be politically necessary ATM. Problems with immigration are so blown up in the media, that the population demands it.
Not fascism, but that we protect our society against influx that some people seem to think is damaging to our society. And in a sense that should be the right of any sovereign nation.
But it certainly doesn’t help the situation, that we now have a retirement age of 71. Which might have been avoided if we had more immigrants. But people see it as our wellfare is threatened, and they see immigration as part of that threat.
That’s exactly what happened here, many parties took the Xenophobe line from our most extreme party.
The Social Democrats even took a lead on that. Since that The Danish Peoples party has never come near their prior strength, and they almost didn’t get a single candidate elected a few years back.
The result is that our immigration politics are extremely harsh, bordering on what’s legal according to treaties we are part of.
But at least we did it without getting a “Geert Wilders” in government, like they did in the Netherlands.
I don’t personally like that our immigration policies are probably the harshest in EU. But unfortunately it seems to be politically necessary ATM. Problems with immigration are so blown up in the media, that the population demands it.
Not fascism, but that we protect our society against influx that some people seem to think is damaging to our society. And in a sense that should be the right of any sovereign nation.
But it certainly doesn’t help the situation, that we now have a retirement age of 71. Which might have been avoided if we had more immigrants. But people see it as our wellfare is threatened, and they see immigration as part of that threat.