“This is, of course, the dominant question,” Holm told Politico before his speech. After the attacks of Magdeburg and Aschaffenburg, he added: “It is also the dominant thing that you hear (voters) in the information stands – that things cannot happen like that, they do not cannot understand this question of migration. “”
Addressing supporters, Holm described the arrival of migrants in Schwerin and the surrounding area – including in a city refugee center – as posing long -term risks to the region’s identity and security .
“We have cities that have already changed so much that you can barely recognize them as Germany,” he told the crowd. “And in Schwerin, we are experiencing this progress – which is not at all progress, but of course a step back – also developing in this way.”
Become more radical
Nobody yet knows what vision will win in Schwerin. The Zweitsttimme.org website, which publishes electoral forecasts, sees a probable victory for Holm and AFD.
This would follow the trends in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a whole, which show a change marked towards AFD and far from the SPD since the last federal elections in 2021.
At that time, the SPD won 29% in the state, 11 points ahead of AFD – but a recent survey puts AFD in a solid position in first place this time, with 29% of the 21 % of SPD.
In addition to serving as a deputy, Alabali-Radovan directs the anti-racism efforts of the German government and serves as a senior official on the policy of migration and refugees. She has personal experience with the problem: she was born in Moscow to Iraq’s parents and the family came to Germany when she was a child.
“People have become more radical – the statements are more radical, more extreme. Sometimes you can’t even have a conversation, “said Alabali-Radovan. “And that worries me, that he has become so rooted that you can no longer accomplish much with the conversations. It’s the mood right now. And this reflects public debate. »»
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