The Extreme Right AFD’s profit to vote with asylum rock the German parliament

The German parliament descended into Hekley and accusations on Wednesday after a “firewall” against working with the far right.

Unscrending movement, calling for stricter border and asylum rules, adopted with the support of the far right alternative to Germany (AFD). During the tumultuous session, the politicians of different parties have criticized and accused each other.

CDU conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who brought plans, defended his actions as “necessary”. But Chancellor Olaf Scholz struck this move as an “unforgivable mistake”.

Merz is now planning to propose the actual legislation on Friday – again with possible support to AFD – aimed at limiting immigration numbers and family gathering rights.

But his proposed measures are very unlikely to enter this country of Snap elections in February and – if they do – they could face the EU law.

Referring to AFD’s support for the movement, the CDU leader told Bundestag that politics is not wrong just because “sinful people support it.”

“How many more children should fall victim to such acts of violence before you believe there is a threat to public safety and order?” he asked.

The CDU leader – the German -based Chancellor for the leading position of his party in the ballot box – also insisted that he neither sought nor wanted support for AFD.

“Thinking about how AFD faction will cheer and their happy faces make me feel uncomfortable,” he told lawmakers.

Chancellor Scholz – Social Democrat, whose coalition government collapsed last year – cast meters for his actions.

“Because the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany more than 75 years ago, there has always been a clear consensus among all the democrats in our parliaments: we do not make a common cause with the far right.”

Germany’s debate has already occurred for immigration after a series of fatal attacks in which the suspect is a asylum seeker, as soon as in Ascafenburg.

It has become a central issue in the election campaign triggered by the collapse of the Scholz ruling coalition.

The CDU movement on Wednesday, supported by AFD and Liberal FDP, has called for a “ban” of anyone who enters Germany without the right documents – but this cannot force the current minority government to act.

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the firewall against the far right in German political culture. The memory of the Holocaust plays a major role in modern Germany.

Prior to voting on Wednesday, the Bundestag conducted his annual commemoration of the victims of the Nazis, during which the 88-year-old survived by Holocaust Roman Schwartzman turned to parliament.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier also made a speech to MPs, calling for Nazi crimes to never be forgotten. There should be no “drawn line” to terminate our historical responsibility as Germans, he said.

This directly contradicts AFD policy, which criticizes the German culture of memory and spores to a broader view of the history of the country.

Partly, that’s why they were so shocked when Friedrich Mertz said last week that he didn’t care whether AFD supported his parliamentary proposals or not.

This contradicts not only his previous statements, but also the official line of his party, which prohibits conservatives from relying on the far rights in parliamentary votes.

AFD sections are classified as right -wing extremists from domestic intelligence, but the party is currently second, although Mertz has ruled out any type of coalition with them.

This week, recent studies have shown that support for conservative CDU has completed several percentage points to 28%, while AFD has increased to 20%slightly.

AFD leader Alice Weidel said the firewall is an “anti -democratic cartel agreement” and predicts that it will break down in the coming years.

Opening the door to ease the support from the far right is a gambling for Merz, who believes that his increasingly radical position in migration will win right-wing, who are tempted to vote for AFD.

But in this way he could risk losing support from the center.

With these latest parliamentary proposals, Merz finally said goodbye to the era of her centered conservative predecessor Angela Merkel, who known a decade ago said “Wir Schaffen Das” or “We can do it” when Germany was facing a large number of migrants And refugees.

These movements are symbolic, signaling what the conservatives would like to do in power. But they are also a specific signal for voters about whom Merz seems ready to accept support.

Critics say he has broken his word on the firewall. No wonder AFD cheered in parliament when the result was announced.