Germany is tightening border controls in response to the Alternativ fur Deutschland “winning” state-level elections in Germany. At least, this is the narrative.
Alternativ fur Deutschland won only 30% of the vote in Sachsen and 32% of the vote in Thuringen. They won fewer votes than CDU in Sachsen but got the most votes in Thuringen, which doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is which parties can form a coalition.
Remember when English-language media was saying how the Nazis were going to form a government in Saxony?
The German equivalent of the British Labour Party is BSW, which is less of a party and more a boggle of spineless weasels. BSW refuses to form a coalition with Alternativ fur Deutschland, which means AfD has no way to form a government. At least that means, despite being Euroskeptic meatheads, they are still better than Labour.
I wish news media would do follow-ups to such sensationalist headlines now that Scholz is doing Putin’s bidding by reintroducing border checks!
This is why, when it comes to important stories, it is very important to follow up.
My advice to Scholz is simple. Don’t give into far-right Russian fear-mongering, do not implement internal border checks, and send more weapons to Ukraine, which they can use to destroy the Russian military in Russia.
Don’t give in to hate.
This year, irregular arrivals to the EU were under 100,000 on every route, well within the normal range.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/irregular-arrivals-since-2008/
The source for people claiming migration to Europe is at historic highs when indeed they are down is Voice of Europe, a far-right operation funded by the Russian government. It is nothing more than propaganda meant to destabilize the European Union.
Border checks are not going to solve any problem for Germany. They only strengthen the far right and Russia.
Slava Ukraine.