“Shaped by prejudice”
Caritas boss criticizes the “cityscape” debate
The head of Caritas warns against exclusion in the debate about migrants in public spaces and indirectly criticizes Chancellor Merz. Spicy: Ms. Welskop-Deffaa belongs to the CDU.
The head of the German Caritas Association, Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa, has criticized the “cityscape” debate triggered by Friedrich Merz. “Where others speak of ‘cityscape’, we as Caritas see the social space,” she told the star. “Instead of a policy that derives its mission from an optic shaped by prejudices, we are committed to creating meeting spaces for everyone. Only in this way can an open society of togetherness and for one another be maintained.”
Caritas boss herself belongs to the CDU
Welskop-Deffaa is himself a member of the CDU and was once Ministerial director in the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs under the CDU ministers Ursula von der Leyen and Kristina Schröder. Since 2021 she has headed Caritas, the largest Catholic welfare association in Germany.
Instead of heated debates, she calls on political actors to act: “The providers of social services and institutions, churches and associations have been showing what needs to be done for years. We would be happy to explain to those who are not familiar with this work how it works.” It is “better and more sustainable for the cohesion” of society than “the monochronization of a facade behind which the colorful diversity is apparently supposed to hide, if you correctly understand the statements of the last few days.”
What you can do for a “stable social space”.
Welskop-Deffaa refers to the numerous activities of Caritas and other associations: street work and street ambulances, social stations, train station missions, open child and youth work, addiction help, as well as daycare centers, old people’s homes, social department stores and workshops. “You all contribute to a stable social space in which everyone is welcome and everyone can feel safe,” said the Caritas boss.
Source: Stern
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