Presumed attack: “something has to change” – debate to Munich

After the attacks in Magdeburg and Aschaffenburg and violent political debates about the consequences, the country shakes the country a week before the Bundestag election. In Munich, a man races from behind in a demonstration by the Verdi union – a 24 -year -old rejected asylum seeker from Afghanistan is suspected. Many people are seriously injured. Politicians react dismayed, express their sympathy, call for consequences again, but also call for prudence.

Scholz speaks of a terrible attack

“It is terrible what happened in Munich today. A terrible attack,” said Chancellor Olaf Scholz before a campaign appearance in Fürth. “This perpetrator cannot count on any fortune. He has to be punished and he has to leave the country,” said the SPD politician. An act like in Munich cannot be tolerated or accept. “Therefore, it must be very clear that the judiciary is hard against this perpetrator with all its possibilities,” said Scholz.

Merz: Something has to change

Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz called for political course for more security. “Everyone has to feel safe again in our country. Something has to change in Germany,” wrote the CDU boss on the platform X. “The safety of people in Germany will come first. We will be right and order Set out consistently, “added Merz with a view to the time after the Bundestag election.

“We cannot go from attack to stop and show concern (…), but actually have to change something,” said Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU).

According to Aschaffenburg, initiatives for tightening the migration policy of Union Chancellor candidate Merz, to whom the AfD also agreed in the Bundestag, had already strongly pointed the election campaign two weeks ago on this topic and polarized the discussion.

Faeser demands “maximum hardness” of the rule of law

Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in Berlin: “Again the alleged perpetrator is a young man from Afghanistan.” The answer could only be that the rule of law shows maximum hardness. “Despite the Taliban rule, we are the only state in Europe back to Afghanistan and will continue to do so.”

Green Chancellor candidate Robert Habeck reacted dismayed. On the X platform he wrote: “I am horrified in view of this senseless deed.” It is important that the backgrounds are now quickly clarified. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned in the final phase of the election campaign of a division of democratic society. In view of the challenges in the outside and inside, it is all the more important “that we are also together in our country as a democrat. That we do not let ourselves divide, neither from right-wing extremists nor of Islamists who challenge our rule of law from the inside,” said the Greens- Politician.

Justice Minister Wissing calls for prudence

Federal Minister of Justice Volker Wissing (formerly FDP) declared that if the suspicion is confirmed, the rule of law would be accountable to the alleged perpetrator. Political consequences must also be discussed further. “However, I am calling for prudence, especially in these times. We should have the investigative authorities done.

AfD confirms the demand for “migration turning”

After the alleged attack, the AfD confirmed its demand for a “migration turn” in Germany. “Should it always go on like this?”, Party leader Alice Weidel wrote to X. “Munich, Aschaffenburg, Magdeburg, Solingen, Mannheim & many other crime scenes: We need a migration turn – and we need it immediately!”. Weidel’s co-chair Tino Chrupalla criticized the Verdi union, who calls Demos against the AfD. “The unions must recognize: We represent the security interests of all citizens,” wrote Chrupalla.

Verdi was shaken by the crime in Munich. “We are deeply dismayed and shocked by the serious incident during a peaceful demonstration train from Verdi colleagues,” said chairman Frank Werneke. “Our thoughts are among the innocent victims and injuries as well as their relatives.”