Berlin/Coatbos, Germany – Germany is preparing for high risk elections, amid fears of the high right -wing feelings of the right -wing feelings while immigration policies sit at the political debate center.

In Cottbus, a city in Eastern Brandenburg, the mood is tense where voters are preparing to go to Opinion polls With the rest of Germany on February 23, after the collapse of the government of Chancellor Olaf Schools, consisting of three parties led by his Democratic Democratic Party (SPD) last November.

Outside the city center, Jana Zestil, a German resident of Kutbus, is not sure of any party that supports him, but is sure of her position against the extreme right An alternative to Germany (AFD) The party, which has risen popularity between the eastern cities.

“Yes, I know that many people supported from AFD here, but I do not understand that. Al -Jazeera told the Germans that they are foreigners elsewhere.

The group’s success is famous for its anti -immigration views, and the first time in decades is that a right -wing party in Germany has acquired this popularity.

According to The latest opinion pollsThe Conservative Christian Christian Union (CDU) is led by opinion polls, followed by AFD. Social Democrats Social Democrats are in the middle of the legs (SPD) third.

“The general atmosphere is somewhat tense in Germany at the present time, and refugees feel the changing situation towards them,” said Judith Webak, a spokesperson for Pro Aseyl, a German -supporting group.

The island told Wipkak that fear in migrant societies has risen with the approaching elections.

“We get the reactions in Syrian society, there is a new fear for their future in Germany and Afghan society [too,] You are concerned about invitations to regular deportations to Afghanistan. “

The wall of protection collapses?

Migration It is a controversial topic in the European Union, with 27 -member mass leaders often on how to carry out a uniform migration and asylum policy.

However, Germany maintained a relatively open door policy For immigrants. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel from the CDU/CSU party announced in 2015: “Wir Schaffen Das!” Or “we can do that!” Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers welcomed. But CDU/CSU has since been strained on immigration.

Since 2022, Chancellor’s government has reduced the process of obtaining German residency and citizenship, alleviating the path of immigrants and refugees and pushing criticism from political opponents.

The leader of the CDU/CSU Freders Mirz described “misleading” policies.

On the Campaign, blame these policies A series of recent dead attacks It shook the country and killed many people. In the latest case last week, a two -year -old girl and her mother were killed Munich When a car was shocked to a crowd. Citizens from Afghanistan, Syria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were arrested due to killings.

In January, after one of this attack, Mirz suggested a non -binding decision in the German parliament to restore more asylum seekers on the border. He passed, but with AFD support. It has broke an irreplaceable “protection wall” policy that has seen the parties refused to work with the far right for decades.

Parliament with difficulty unacceptable Mirz’s binding version of the Immigration Bill, but she shocked opposition leaders who accused him of exciting speeches to break the wall of protection. Even Merkel, the former advisor who was absent from politics, condemned her CDU colleague. Thousands of people throughout Germany The streets were taken to protestCall to ban AFD.

The Schulz government also started tightening asylum regulations. In August, 28 Afghans were deported. His government also introduced landsmarks, unusual border tests in the European Union.

The effects of these measures are already perceived.

“There is a general climate of insecurity for immigrants in Germany that does not make people not express their views in public.

She added: “They are exposed to stigmatization and describing them as a collective threat, especially in the far right.”

Anything but the current government

AFD was founded in 2013, and AFD became popular with Eurosceptics, as it initially carried out a campaign against the decision of the European Union member states to save debt-based Greece-in Germany.

Then, in 2015, as waves of Asylum seekers He moved to Europe, AFD rhetoric swings to immigration, and the risks of Muslim immigrants.

“Remigration” – a policy that will see mass deportations of immigrants and naturalized citizens; Cancel the euro; Military recruitment is some of the party’s main promises.

Under the leadership of Alice Widel, there is an AFD stronghold in the eastern cities such as Cottbus due to the economic inequality between East and Western Germany after reunification, which left popular anger. The party was also able to benefit from a young audience by maintaining a strong Tiktok.

“It is a protest vote because people feel frustrated,” said Ins Haider, the parliamentarian of the Revolutionary International Organization (RIO), an independent group that promoted the open border and ending weapons for Israel. The German media calls the “Left Left” group.

“Zero percent of Germans wants this current government to nominate again, and thus search for an alternative. On the last day, I went to a strike from bus drivers, and someone told me:” I don’t really like AFD, but I don’t really know who will vote. “

In January, AFD was shocked by the country when it sent its regional branch in the southwest of Karlsruhehi more than 30,000 fake deportations tickets to immigrants. The tickets, dated February 23, said that the passengers in the name of “illegal immigrant” were booked on a trip in one direction from Germany to a “country of safe origin.”

Marcel Power, the Parliamentary candidate of the left party in Karlsruhua, told the island that the people who received tickets, from Cameroon to Syrian citizens, had been destroyed.

“There were men who were crying for me because they were afraid of their families after receiving these tickets,” said Power, who filed a lawsuit against AFD spokesman in Karlsruo. “For the far right, every bad person immigrant,” added.

Power said that the German National Labor Party (the Nazi Party) sent tickets for the deportation train to the Jews before World War II. Now, AFD uses similar “fascism” styles.

AFD did not respond to a request for comment. Representative Mark Bernhard, the Carlusorua candidate, told the German public broadcaster SWR that the distribution of tickets was an electoral advertising trick for all and was not specifically sent to people with “foreign names”.

Mark Heleling, a professor of political sociology at Mannheim University, rarely highlights that any of the parties led by SPD issued, highlighting the contributions of migrants in the German economy, allowing AFD to adhere to.

Helbling said that if foreigners will leave, the construction and health sectors in Germany, among other things, will simply stop working.

He added: “From a purely economic perspective, it is clear that Germany, like any other Western countries, depends largely on immigration.”

Israel’s war on Gaza

Although thousands of kilometers, Gen. in Gaza He threw a long shadow on political discourse in Germany since the beginning of the war.

Berlin stands firmly alongside its ally Israel, which justifies its solidarity based on the historical feelings of the guilt of the Holocaust. Germany was also one of the most heavy weapons suppliers in Israel.

Ternerman, a Merra25 candidate, said that Germany’s current rhetoric is also linked to the Israeli war on Gaza.

“We have seen people coming from the Middle East [to Germany]She said that he is not only a threat, but also the main source of anti -Semitism in Germany.

About 100,000 people of Palestinian origin live in Germany, and a quarter of them in the New Deculin region in Berlin.

The German police actively launch the weekly protests supporting the Palestinians in Berlin and other cities, while local media were often weakening the protests-as well as Arab or Islamic gatherings-as fertile reasons for anti-Semitism, a crime punishable for two years or a fine.

Last November, following the huge protests against Israel, Bundestag adopted strict definitions of anti -Semitism even as rights groups such as Amnesty International, and warned a handful of deputies not to violate international law.

In January, the police banned all languages ​​except German and English in the pro -effective demonstrations. Officials were martyred by increasing crimes and anti -Semitism during the protests, but critics say it is an attempt to target Arab speakers.

Since the Gaza war began, Islam terrorism has risen in Germany, according to the Rights Control Group. The organization stated that accidents, such as verbal attacks on Muslims or attacks on mosques, rose 114 percent between 2022 and 2023.

Hugh Williamson, director of Human Rights Watch and based in Berlin, said the negative speech, including blame for violence by individuals on entire groups, is related. He also warned that adopting more right -wing policies by the main parties is not the solution.

“Although this may aim to get rid of support, we have seen repeatedly in Europe that it has an opposite impact, which normalizes the anti -rights anti -rights policy and parties in ways that make it easy for voters to support them.”