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Union: “Brandwall” to AfD is – Merz goes to ex -lights
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A month before the election, the topic of migration focuses on migration after the knife attack of Aschaffenburg. What will happen in the Bundestag next week?
One month before the Bundestag election, a bitter dispute over migration policy has flared up. Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz (CDU) is looking for the end of the shoulder with the former traffic light parties in his plans to tighten. The “brand wall” for the AfD is standing, he says. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the Greens accuse him of violating the constitution with his plans. The Union contradicts.
Battack after a knife attack
The reason for the renewed debate is a continuous fatal knife attack. A two -year -old boy and one man were killed in Aschaffenburg on Wednesday and two other people were seriously injured. A 28-year-old Afghan was arrested as a perpetrator.
Merz then asked far-reaching tightening of the entry and residence right and presenting a five-point plan. He wants to bring applications to migration to the Bundestag next week. “And we will bring them in, regardless of who agrees to them,” the Union faction leader had emphasized. SPD and Greens are now doubtful of Merz’s reliability to maintain the fire wall for the AfD.
Merz: Union does not negotiate with the AfD
The CDU leader told the “Heilbronn voice” media group in Künzelsau in Baden-Württemberg that the Union will complete the Bundestag applications today and only provide these three parties in advance. “She doesn’t get the AfD.” He doesn’t negotiate with the AfD, not even with the BSW and others. “The former traffic lights get the texts from us with the express request to talk about the weekend and to try to make a joint decision here next week.”
According to information from the German Press Agency from Union circles, two applications are initially in preparation: one for general positions in migration policy and another for a five-point plan that Merz had presented on Thursday.
The “Bild” newspaper said Merz: “There will be no cooperation with the AfD. Everyone can rely on that.” He could not imagine that the SPD, Greens and FDP did not want to do anything to improve the security situation. “The middle parties have to take responsibility. This is the best remedy for political extreme right and left.”
Merz had proposed to prevent all illegal entry at the borders. This expressly also applies to people with a right to protect. In addition, the federal police should be able to apply for arrest warrants. Personal to leave who would be taken up should be taken immediately in the custody of exit or -and deported as quickly as possible. The EU asylum rules did not work. Germany must therefore exercise the right to priority of national law.
Scholz: Merz suggestions violate the constitution
Chancellor Scholz said at an SPD election campaign event in Saarbrücken: “If the opposition leader now suggests that the German Federal Chancellor should do things that are not compatible with the constitution of this country and with the European contracts, then this says something about its ability, one to exercise a high level in Germany. ”
The right to asylum stipulated in the Basic Law is a consequence of the experience with the National Socialist dictatorship, said Scholz. You shouldn’t just question it and say: “I send a letter, don’t stick to the constitution. That doesn’t work.” Everyone could rely on the fact that he, Scholz, will receive the openness of the society for immigration and the needed workforce as well as the fundamental right to asylum.
Chancellor doubts about Merz credibility
Scholz said he always believed that Merz would stick to his promise not to work with the AfD after the election. “What should I believe? This is a question that has to face every citizen and every citizen about the processes that happened this week.” It should “never happen” that Democrats worked with the extreme right despite all the differences and despite all competition, the Chancellor said.
Green boss: do not agree
Green boss Felix Banaszak said on Deutschlandfunk that his faction did not agree to the Union’s applications in the next week. “And the Union should also consider very carefully whether it really brings these applications in the form,” he said. For a large extent, they are “highly questionable” in Europe and constitution.
Union sees itself legally on a safe side
The Union contradicts. Merz referred to the EU contract article 72 in Künzelsau, which leaves the Member States the responsibility for the protection of internal security. Parliamentary managing director Thorsten Frei pointed out on the Basic Law Article 16a in Deutschlandfunk, according to which no entitlement to asylum can claim who travels from an EU country.
FDP boss Christian Lindner is also campaigning for a sharper course. “In the traffic lights, more consequence was always watered down when the migration of red-green migration. My suggestion to seek the shoulder of the democratic parties Union, FDP, SPD and Greens was also driven by Olaf Scholz at the time,” said the former finance minister . Now be a new opportunity. “A problem solving the AfD would take the wind out of the sails.”
In autumn, the Federal Council had stopped parts of a security package. For example, it was about more options for the security authorities. The Union does not consider the plans to be sufficient and wants improvements. Merz now said: “We could have had a mediation procedure in the Federal Council and the Bundestag for four months. The application would have had to be made by the Federal Government long ago.”
Law plans that provide more powers for the federal police are also not yet adopted in the Bundestag. It is about monitoring telecommunications. The national implementation of a reform of the common European asylum system (GEAS) has also not yet been decided by Parliament. This is intended to control migration more and to effectively limit irregular migration.
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Source: Stern

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