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Friedrich Mirz, the race candidate in the race to become a German advisor, plans to submit a draft law to immigrate to impose “semi -permanent” border controls in the wake of a deadly knife attack in the south of the country.
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union, who is expected to win the public elections on February 23, has also pledged to ban entry to asylum seekers and accelerate deportations. He said on Friday that his party was planning to place measures to vote in Parliament as soon as next week.
The conservative leader said: “Germany must benefit from its right to the priority of national law.”
The planned measures of the increasing public protests after the killing on Wednesday will respond on Wednesday a two -year -old and an adult by the Afghan asylum seeker in the Bavarian town. The frustration increased from Berlin's inability to follow a strict approach about irregular migration to increase support for the far -right alternative to Germany (AFD).
The attack in the city is 40 km southeast of Frankfurt comes a month after the Saudi doctor urged the Christmas market in the Eastern City MajdburgHe killed six and wounded hundreds. In August, a Syrian citizen stabbed three people and wounded eight others in the western city of Solingin. The terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Solinggen attack.
AFD took over the attacks to justify its invitations Collective deportation From immigrants. The party is expected to occupy the second place with about 20 percent of the votes, according to opinion polls. Wednesday, AFD leader Alice Widel She published a letter urging Mirz to cooperate in Parliament with immigration.
Owi John, a political scientist, said that Mirz was trying to draw a line under the era of an agreement and both
John said: “But it is difficult to see how any party can benefit from the current immigration discussion except AFD,” John said.
Counselor Olaf Schools, whose social democratic party is in third place in the polls, sought to re -blame the last attack on Marcus Soder, the conservative president of Bavaria. Söder is the leader of the Christian Social Union, the Bavarian CDU party party, and he is carrying a campaign with Merz.
The suspect in the arrested Wednesday attack, an Afghan citizen, is 28 years old. The asylum application was rejected in 2023 and should have been deported to Bulgaria, where he entered the European Union. He knew about psychiatry problems and told the authorities that he would voluntarily leave Germany a month ago, according to the Bavarian authorities.
After the Solinggen attack, the Schulz coalition feet Temporary controls Along all its borders, a step said, “It was compatible with European law.”
But Schulz has been criticized for her failure to solve the problem. BLAH-BAH CNCellor, read the main address on the first page of Bild, the largest tabloid in Germany, on Friday.
“The blame game is at the present time,” said Henning Meyer, Professor of General Policy at the University of Topngen. “People really feel that the government is not in control, but it is a systematic administrative problem.”
Mayer added: “All the attackers were known and some of them were identified as possible threats. There is a problem in the flow of information between the authorities.”
Several agencies have received warnings about the Magdeburg striker, a refugee expressed his support for AFD and he knew psychological issues.
The Mirz party can secure a parliamentary majority for its migration proposals with the support of liberals, AFD and the Leftwinger Sahra Wagenknecht and without support from SPD and Greens. Two coalition parties may face violent reactions if they decide to refrain from or reject measures.
Green Representative Constantine von Nutz warned that the proposals were “compatible with the constitution or European law. Mirz follows the footsteps of Donald Trump.”
Professor Mayer said that Mirz was risked by losing support if the attacks continued.
He said: “Mirz wants to make the border controls almost permanent, but the danger is that it is excessive and does not hand over and there is another attack.” “Illegal immigrants do not tend to be the ones who lined up in the border crossings and have large green borders.”
