“If these elections can be brought about any change, they will not be allowed!” The old man shouts at DW because he walks.
We are in Magadeberg, a city in East Germany, a few days before the German election and several weeks after, at least six people died and more than 300 were injured when a refugee of Saudi origin crowd a crowd of crowds on Christmas on Christmas. Run a rented car through. market.
Small candles are still burning on the ground, marking the place where the tragedy occurred. German word “A paper written with W.Arum?, Or why – is still visible.
“Rachism was previously a theme,” a young Muslim voter tells DW. “But this has happened after the attack. It hurts deeply.” She says that the upcoming elections have not made it easy.
“The atmosphere in Magadeberg has changed. This is hattalul.”
High emotions before the election
Emotions are moving high in the country as a clock tick towards Sunday elections. Major topics are migration, security and economy. As Ard Germany Trend Pol, one of the three German voters is a silent unspecified. Magadeberg’s roads have been plaster with a bright and more rich future campaign poster, celebrity.
Ivory Coast from Amidau tradition lives in Magadeberg since 1994. He works for Caritas, a Catholic relief and development organization that helps people with migration backgrounds. Since the attack, he saw an increase in attacks against migrants.
“When people are not doing well in their own country, they always try to blame someone else for this,” the trater says that the future German government has a voice for all the people living in the country. What is called for.
Hey he calls people with the right to vote to be a part of the solution. “Take your integration seriously, and if you have [German] Citizenship, go vote!
A member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) hopes that after the election, the position of migrants will improve. And that is not the only one.
‘There is no other truth in politics’
When DW meets Ainola Famson at Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate, the roads are covered in a thick ice blanket. The repressant heads of the Africa Council in Berlin have been in Germany for 30 years, and what they have seen since then jerks it.
“I like one thing about this country, it is a price -based value system. But it is not with being respected. There is no other truth in politics. No one is ready to help now, let’s bargain Do: What do I get if I help you.
However, he says that he hopes that people coming to power will understand the importance of people of different backgrounds living together in harmony. “Our desire for the next government, no matter who comes to power, has to accept our presence here. Tap in the resources we have, give us a place to actively participate in the democratic order.”
What do German voters with African roots think about remote AFD?
Joseph Sensus, director of NGO Street Shepherd Africa, is excited about the elections. “This is one of the most importing elections in German history, especially given the distant rise and the problems faced by Germany and Europe,” he describes DW.
His main concern is a distant populist option for Germany (AFD).
“I am worried that the problem with AFD is not necessary that they are leaders, instead of provoking people.” Not for German, not for Europe, not for anyone. “Senais says that changes in politics There should be a wake-up call to focus on challenging other leaders.
A voter who believes that a party like AFD can create a difference in Germany is Josephin-Reni (nickname stop). The young mother with Ghana’s roots is disappointed by how Germany has developed in the previous years.
“Many liberal parties have enough time to get goods, make a change and maintain their promises,” she describes DW.
“They have not done to do so. If they are not doing what they do, you take them out.” Josephin-Reni, who is the owner New Eve blog, Said that he is ready for real change and is inspired to face those who criticize him for his conservative political views.
“I can probably no less care. I am a woman. I am a mother. I am a granddaughter. I am a German citizen, and I am a black woman. Will not do it
Hot Topic: Migration
He counts the number of issues that he is worried about: high cost of life, environment, quality education, liberal feminism and transgender movement. “I like to live in Germany. I want to take care of the country in which I live.”
For him, this means how politics runs on the issue of immigration, in which politics is going on.
“My grandmother came to Germany in her late teens. She studied and became a doctor,” she explains. “People like him have worked to gain a certain level of respect, which is being taken away. This honor is now turning into good immigrants and bad immigrants. And at this point, bad immigrants to good migrants Are beating. “
According to a new Study by Munich IFO Institute for Economic ResearchThe rising ratio of foreigners does not exceed the crime rate.
Berlin’s Ethiopian community, a development and economy expert, meets DW at the stages of Bundestag, Bundestag. He says that there is a talk about migration issues, “There is some type of campaign that will get more and more voters.”
However, he emphasizes that migrants should take integration seriously. “If you talk, if you create friendship, such enmity should be eliminated,” fecad stress.
“We have to feel that we are part and parcels of this society. And some foreigners, unknowingly, do not try to learn language and to be integrated into this society.”
Inspire Afro-Garsman to participate in politics
In Frankfurt, the campaign poster for Armand Zorn is plaster at every corner. SPD politician is contesting in the upcoming elections. Born in Cameron, he came to Germany at the age of 12 and was a member of Bundestag Sion 2021.
Informed of many hopes and concerns in African migrant stake, he is trying to include more young Ephro-Garsmen in politics. While he thinks that Germany has “one of the best political systems” he knows, he is concerned about conservative changes.
“It’s very worrying,” says anger. “Recently, politics in Germany was always based on different political parties working together, different perspective, and different opinions -but at the end of the day, sitting together, finding a compromise and it To ensure that the country is progressing in authority, “Hey explains, warning that Germany is watching more and more polarization.”
“We are seizing more political parties, Abbeng is not open to collaborate with other parties. It is a threat. It is quite risky for our society.”
Voters of the Afro-German community in Frankfurt share equal concerns. Furat Abdullet, Richmond Bokey, and Sophie Olen Ekibi, a member of the Afro Diocestian Academic Network (ADAN) meet DW Downtown in Frankfurt City.
His opinion on clear changes on the right side of Germany is different.
“This is a discourse that I can’t and will not support,” Abdulley insisted. However, Boke admitted that he does not have the will to overcome emotionally. “I think the discourse has moved so much that we are staring at the real” other ” [the act of treating somebody as though they are not part of a group and different in some way — the ed. ] As normal. And this is very dangerous for those who look like us.
Together, Adan members are trying to throw light on the needs, desires and hopes of African migrants and Germans, which are accompanied by the African background. A concept for a future that units all citizens of any background, access to resources for all, and the objective of inclusive politics, which is to move forward and advance each, in other words, a “Germany” 2.0 “.
“If the final privileges are doing well, everyone must be doing well,” Abdulle says.
OS Akihi has sung the views of many Ephro-Zermons. “I would like us to turn on the news again as a society and be ready for concepts how we can move forward and not only see the next controversy or next defeat. And go away from this culture of struggle. . “
Edited by: chrispin mwakideu