Given the profile of the man accused of a car extermination attack in Munich, the incident will undoubtedly affect German parliamentary elections in 10 days.
Farhad N, 24, came to Germany from Afghanistan in 2016 to seek asylum, which was denied, but he was given temporary permission to stay in Germany.
Germany’s upcoming elections, posed by the collapse of German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, have been caught up in enthusiastic debates over migration for weeks.
Many violent incidents related to immigration over the past year have led to increased support for the far-right AFD party.
At least 299 people were injured in December after a car plowed into the Christmas market in Magdeburg. The suspect was a 50-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who was an outspoken critic of Islam.
AFD leaders condemned the government’s transitional policy of attacks, where they held political rallies.
At first, mainstream politicians were calm.
However, my mood changed after another attack in the Bavarian town of Asschaffenberg in January. There, a 28-year-old Afghan asylum seeker stabbed a group of small children at the park. A two-year-old child and a passerby trying to help him die.
The brutality of the attack shocked the nation and mainstream politicians, especially the conservatives.
The first 30 in the Centre Wright Party’s Christian Democrat (CDU) leading his conservative rival Friedrich Merz in a broadcast duel between the Center Left Social Democrats (SPD) Scholz Minutes were dedicated solely to the issue of immigration.
They were then criticized for simply linking migration to crime. Both politicians were remarkably hard-pressed in their rhetoric, effectively debating who was the hardest to stop irregular migration.
The two are taking a more intense line on the transition following a string of attacks involving suspects of asylum seekers.
Both believe that only by harsh talk at the border can they vote second and undermine support for the far-right AFD, who made immigrants an issue of their signature.
Frontrunner Friedrich Merz wants to close German borders to all asylum seekers.
Critics say this undermines EU law, violates German constitutions, and makes police logistically impossible.
Others worry that anti-immigrant rhetoric will justify the idea of the far right, increase support for AFD, and blame people with non-German heritage.
In any case, AFD remains strong, votes at 20% or more.
The suffering of the injured people and their families, of course, primarily occupy the ideas of many people today.
However, there is even more possibility that migration and public safety will rule the final week of Germany’s election campaign.
