Berlin Police Said on Sunday that at LISTING 160,000 People Attended A Rally in the German Capital to Protest the Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Leaning on the Support of the Far-Right AfD in Parliament Earlier This Week.
On friday, the Bundestag Narrowly Rejected a Bill to Significantly Tighten asylum Laws What Supported by the CDU and Its Conservative Bavarian Sister Party the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), The Far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the Business- CONCENTRATED Free Democrats (FDP) and the populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
But it was the Cooperation Between Germany’s Conservatives and the Far Right Afd That Prompted Sunday’s Protest in Berlin.
‘Shame on you cdu’
Shortly after the rally Began Outside the Federal Parliament, some militants Chanted Slogans Including “Shame on You CDU” Before Moving on Towards The Party’s Headquarters.
Others Accused the CDU and Its Chancellor Candidate Friedrich Merz of Having Made A “Pact with the Devil” By Seeking the Support of the AfD to Pass the Anti-Immigration Bill
Merz has actually been eager to range Himelf from any kind of possible Alliance in between the CDU/CSU and the AFD with theGerman Election Three Weeks Away Opinion Polls Show the CDU/CSU in First Place Among Voters, with AfD Coming inSecond
“I have real Said very clearly and emphatically multiple time: There will be no cooperation from us with the afd,” The CDU Chancellor Candidate Merz Said on Sunday.
“We are fighting for political majorities in the Broad Center of our democratic spectrum,” Merz Said During an Inspection of the Hall for the Party Congress Taking Place on Monday in Berlin.
In the Likely occasion that no event has an Outright Majority after the February 23 Vote, and when asked Whether He would certainly approve afd choose a Majority, Merz Replied: “No.”
The CDU’s Canvassing of the Far-Right AfD’s Support in Parliament Last Week Sparked Widespread Fury inGermany On Wednesday, the CDU Passed a nonbinding movement on movement with the aid of the AfD, Shattering a Taboo inModern German Politics
Merz’s Shunning of ‘Firewall’ Prompts Former CDU Member to Exit Party
In Doing So Merz, The Frontrunner Ahead of the Upcoming Election, Broke the “Firewall” Set Up in the Aftermath of the Horrors Wright byNazi Germany
Since the End of World War II and the Holocaust, There be an agreement Among Germany’s Main Political Parties that the much and right wing should never ever be enabled to control. This so-Called “Firewall” has actually consequently included open up partnership with shade right events in any kind of capability.
The Stricter Asylum Bill was Narrowly Rejected by Lawmakers Later In The Week But the Repertcussions Didn’t End there.
Michel Friedman, a Former Politician and Vice President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Announced his resignation from the CDU, Citing the Party’s Collaboration with the AfD onMigration Policy The Decision Marked What Friedman Descred as “A Catastrophic Watershed for Democracy.”
Friedman Attended Sunday’s Protest in Berlin, Saying That Germany Must Remain Focused on Preventing The Far Right’s Rise.
Referring to the AfD, Friedman Said: “The Party of Hate is the party that is not based on democracy.” But that He Cannot Excuse the CDU’s Mistake in Seeking the Support of the Afd for the Bill that Fell Just Short Of Being Passed in Parliament.
“Let’s not make it Too Easy for Ourselves and Let’s Not Make It Too Easy for the Party of Hate by Pouncing on the CDU, Especialy in An Election Campaign, Instead of Making Sure That One In Five Does Non Fore for the Afd,” Hey Said
Over the Weekend Tens of Thousands of People Took to the Streets in Aachen, Augsburg, Braunschweig, Bremen, Cologne, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Würzburg and a Number of Smaller Cities, to Protest the CDU/CSU Canvassing of AfD Support.
JSI/WD (AFP, dpa, EPD)
