As Germany heads to polls, is Olaf Scholz ‘firewall to AfD’ crumbling?
- Fritz Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, indicated a potential collaboration with the far-right Alternative for Germany to enforce stricter migration policies ahead of the February 23 election.
- Recent polling shows the AfD at over 20%, making it Germany's second-largest political party, as public dissatisfaction over economic issues and open borders rises.
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Merz's approach, warning it threatens to dismantle the political firewall against right-wing populists, which has long been in place.
- The attack in Aschaffenburg by an Afghan asylum-seeker, which killed two, has intensified debates on immigration and shifted the election focus from economic issues to migration concerns.
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