Horror attacks influence choice: Who will be the new chancellor?

In Germany it is bubbling: After the surprising collapse of the traffic light coalition in November, the election campaign for the new election on February 23 is under a dark sign. Devastating stabbing tatters, carried out by rejected asylum seekers, have heated up the public mood. Especially the recent incident in Munich, in which an Afghan raced in a demonstration by car and injured 36 people, including a toddler, has focused on the debate about migration. The CDU/CSU top candidate Friedrich Merz, who leads this heated discussion, is exposed to growing criticism, since he openly advocates a radical change of course in migration policy, which not only wants to address his voters, but also want to win the support of AfD supporters, as Oe24 reported.

an election campaign in the sign of the AfD

With his demands for a stricter migration policy,

Merz broke a taboo, which brings him into the line of fire of his political opponents. While the AfD, in second place in surveys, is willing to stand behind his suggestions, Merz warns that he does not want to work with the party he sees as the CDU destroyer. "Get out of the EU, get out of the euro, out of the euro", are his clear words about the AfD, such as

The pressure on Merz grows while he tries to position the Union as the political force that can offer urgently needed solutions in the migration debate in order to distract voters from the AfD. However, this procedure could be risky because the opposition accuses him of tightening the tensions and thus undermining trust in the established parties. A heated debate about migration and the influence of the AfD could change the political appearance of Germany sustainably, even though Merz vehemently asserts that he does not want to work with the party and desperately tries to find a majority in the political center.