Merkel's party suffers rout in Berlin in migrant policy backlash


World | 206795 hits | Sep 18 12:49 pm | Posted by: martin14
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Many voters turned to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), which with 13 per cent of the vote will enter the German capital's parliament for the first time, according to initial projections.

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:51 pm
    Slowly, slowly

  2. by Thanos
    Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:06 pm
    Still too much support for the German left though. Get the SD back in power with the support from the Greens or the commies and they'd probably bring in their own immigration plan that would make Merkel's one look sensible in comparison.

  3. by avatar N_Fiddledog
    Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:54 pm
    The way the European media throws this term "far-right" around can cause one to shake his or her head.

    They obviously mean the term as a slur and being "Progressive" they don't expect to be challenged on that. But what does it actually mean anyway?

    What are these policies that make one "far right" and why are we supposed to find them so abhorrent?

    Well, if you look around hard enough they'll tell you. Here's the BBC outlining the horrors of the policies of the AFD, or as the Mail is anxious to label them, "the far-right."

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37274201

    The AfD's launch in early 2013 was all about challenging the eurozone bailouts and rejecting the EU's arguments for keeping the euro.


    So if you oppose policies of the EU you may be on your way to becoming "Far-right."

    The AfD has capitalised on a nationalist backlash against Chancellor Merkel's welcome for more than a million migrants and refugees in 2015.


    Remember when that German politician was carrying a little German flag on stage and Merkel snatched it out of his hand to trash it? Her face said she was so disgusted.



    Remember this?



    http://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content/ ... grants.jpe

    If you're not on board with what both those represent you could be "far-right."

    The AfD also adopted some of Pegida's anti-establishment rhetoric, for example the slogan "Luegenpresse" ("lying press")


    Starting to distrust the media, are you? Far-rightie :P.

    This below is as radical as the BBC could find.

    AfD leader Frauke Petry has said German police should "if necessary" shoot at migrants seeking to enter the country illegally.

    The AfD calls for stricter asylum rules to curb abuse of the system, including vetting of claims in countries of origin that are deemed "safe", to stop so many migrants coming to Germany.


    I don't know the context there, but here's "Far-rightie" Frauke Petry who apparently is so radical she supports armed protection of borders.



    She's radical, you see. Want to know what the side who disagrees with sweet little Frauke Petry did to her yesterday though? Car of Germany's anti-immigrant AfD party leader set ablaze.

    Those were the "moderates" who did that, maybe.

    So "Far-right" - what does it even mean now?

    All I know is I'd vote for them. :)



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