Warning churches: Migration policy threatens democracy serious damage!

Warning churches: Migration policy threatens democracy serious damage!

The tensions between the Union and the churches increase! The political scientist Thomas Biebricher emphasizes in an interview with the Spiegel that the CDU and CSU are strongly dependent on its relationship with the churches, despite a decreasing cultural meaning. He explains that the Union, which was once based on a Christian image of man, has increasingly lost contact with the great social milieus and is more likely to move towards economic liberalism. This change could further endanger the bond with the churches, especially since denominational values such as care and charity are contradictory to the current migration policy, which increasingly rejects asylum seekers at the borders.

In a moving appeal, the representatives of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Catholic German Bishops' Conference have urged the Union parties. According to a letter that Tagesschau , they fear that democracy in Germany could do great damage if the Union implements applications for tightening the migration policy with the support of the AfD in the Bundestag. The churches express criticism of the current political debate and warn that it only stirs up prejudices against migrants and does not contribute to solving existing problems. Your statement refers particularly to the draft law on the "influx limitation", which provides for changes such as a limitation of migration and the end of family reunification, and which you do not consider to be expedient, since the causes of attacks are often mentally ill.

tension between tradition and progress

Biebricher sees the growing gap between the Union and the churches as alarming. "The tension can be grasped with hands," he says, finding that the CDU and CSU are in a critical phase in which its Christian foundations are less and less perceived. The churches not only warn of a possible cooperation with the AfD, but also emphasize that these laws do not lead to the protection of society, but also stir up political fears and thus endanger social cohesion.