Since the World War II and the end of the Holocost, there is a consensus among the main political parties of Germany that distant and extreme rights should never be allowed again in the government. This so-called firewall on far-flung has increased it to open cooperation with far-flung parties in any capacity.
However, Conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on Wednesday dissolved as “AFD Firewall”. Party leader Frederick Merz carried forward a proposal for strict immigration laws, which passed with the support of a distant option for Germany (AFD).
Speaking with Public Broadcaster ARD, Social Democrat (SPD) Chancellor Olaf Sholaz accused Mars of ending consensus for a long time in Germany for a long time “that there would be no cooperation between parties and extreme rights.”
“Firewall” has fallen, Sholz said.
CDU immigration resolution passes with AFD support
Since November, the Sholz Pro Business Free Democrats (FDP) has been leading a minority government with Greens, withdrew from the alliance at a budget spat.
The collapse of the government triggered the SNAP elections of Germany prescribed for 23 February. Merz’s CDU and its Bavarian Sister Party, CSU, have a growth of about 30%.
The conservative has made immigration reform a foundation stone for its campaign after two deadly knife attacks in Germany, where suspected attackers were dismissed to seek shelter seekers for exile. By that end, on Wednesday, Merz carried forward the reform reform revolution. AFD had revealed that they support the wild, and party leader Ellis Waidel also wrote before the vote on the social media site X that his party had coordinated the non-negotiable proposal with the CDU.
Beyond the vote, Merz repeatedly said that she did not care about who supported her resolve as long as it passed – which she has supported by votes with some members of her block, AFD and FDP Was done Later, the CDU leader said that he regrets that the AFD had helped him gain a majority.
Merz took oath of AFD cooperation
At its national conference in 2018, CDU said “AFD Firewall” adopting the official party policy and called the “inconvenience resolution”. It states: “The CDU in Germany rejects the same forms of cooperation with both the alliance and the alternative of the leftist party and the Germany.”
Immediately after the collapse of the coalition of the scools, Merz confirmed the policy that he would not introduce any bill before the election where the AFD could play the role of the kingmaker.
Wednesday’s speed was not a legally binding bill, but a “proposal for resolution” to express the will of Parliament. However, a formal amendment to the immigration law of Germany is for debate in Bundestag on Friday. Again, CDU, AFD, FDP, and popular Populist Sahara is likely to vote in favor of Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
Only a ‘firewall’ at the national level?
Despite repeated claims that there is a “firewall” against AFD, political scientists have stated that almost all political parties of Germany-usually CDU-recent, openly by CDU-recent state parliament and locally far away Worked with For example, a primary school in a district in Berlin was made possible by a highly controversial hijab ban and cooperation between the CDU.
Recently, researchers Anika Tuskeke and Steven Hommeme published a list of 120 incidents, in which other parties openly collaborated with AFD between 2019 and 2023.
Speaking with ARD after Wednesday’s vote, Merz denied the AFD claims that his party had expressed his opinion. Hey refused to cooperate with far and wide, saying that the CDU had just presented his policy, one is just to agree.
“A firewall is a wrong image,” he said, saying that he wants to stop “a struggle in the whole of Germany” and most Germans approve difficult immigration laws.
Merz is ‘wrong’, says Merkel
Former CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel, who rarely commented on curates events since retired from politics in 2021, made a rare statement on Thursday, in which he rejected Merz’s works.
In her statement, she wrote that Merz assured her in November that she would not work with parties far and wide and the right color and color is right. He said that he was “wrong” to break his pledge.
For the German public, it is deeply divided on traditional parties of the country collaborating with AFD. For a survey published on Thursday by public broadcaster ZDF, some 47% German voters have no problem with the behavior of CDU/CSU. Another 47% said that they were upset with it. At the same time, 71% of the voters said that they hurt with the statement that AFD is a threat to democracy.
This article was original in German.
