Published On Sep 6, 2024
GERMANY: Poll disaster for the traffic light coalition! Asylum debate divides - one sentence from Faeser surprises
According to a survey, three out of four respondents (77 percent) believe that a fundamentally different asylum and refugee policy is necessary to limit migration to Germany. According to the latest ARD Deutschlandtrend, 18 percent find such a change unnecessary.
The greatest support for serious changes in refugee policy comes from supporters of the AfD (97 percent), the BSW (91 percent) and the CDU/CSU (86 percent). But even among SPD supporters, according to the representative survey by infratest dimap, a clear majority of 65 percent are in favor of significant changes in asylum and refugee policy. The Green Party's supporters are divided on this issue: 48 percent agreed, 46 percent did not.
The survey also showed that the issues of immigration and flight have continued to rise in the perception of problems among Germans. Around one in two (48 percent) named this complex as one of the two most important political problems that politicians must address. That is 22 percentage points more than in April. This is followed by the issue of the economy (20 percent, compared to 19 in April).
After the suspected Islamist-motivated knife attack in Solingen at the end of August that left three people dead, 73 percent are in favor of introducing permanent controls at German borders. Almost as many (72 percent) are in favor of giving the security authorities more powers. An even larger proportion (82 percent) believe that expanding prevention and education about radical Islamism, for example in schools and refugee facilities, would be useful.
For the survey, 1,309 eligible voters aged 18 and over were interviewed from Tuesday to Wednesday of this week.
Meanwhile, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has shown herself open to the possibility of turning away refugees at the border in the dispute over asylum policy. "I am very open to everything," said Faeser on Thursday in Berlin. "If we can find further options for turning away refugees, that is good." However, the agreed review must first be awaited.
On Tuesday, representatives of the federal government, states and Union parties met to discuss asylum policy. The core demand formulated by CDU leader Friedrich Merz is to turn away refugees at the border, which is not easily possible under EU law. Faeser said that a serious legal examination of the issue had been agreed during the discussion. It was about applicable EU law.
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