Friedrich Merz promises a swift crackdown on immigration if elected as chancellor next month following a fatal attack that left two dead in Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg
A memorial of candles and flowers in a park in Aschaffenburg, Germany for the victims of a knife attack which claimed the lives of two people including a two-year old child. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty ImagesGerman chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz has promised a swift crackdown on immigration if elected next month, responding to a stabbing attack in which two people were killed, including a two-year-old child.
With his remarks Mr Merz, leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Union , signalled a radical shift away from a more open migration policy pursued by his party predecessor, Angela Merkel.Top general resigns over Hamas attack but Netanyahu will not follow him This might breach European asylum rules, he conceded, but in this case Germany must “let national law take precedence”.
“I want to be honest with you; it’s best if you avoid such places,” said Manuel Ostermann, a police union spokesman. “That we are not safe and that people in Germany don’t dare go on to the street is a result of our politics. I am sick of people sitting here, crying and being afraid.” CSU leader and Bavarian state premier Markus Söder said his state’s hands were tied on deportations and demanded simplified rules for forced departures.
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