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    Deutschlands Merz steht wegen „rassistischem“ Kommentar unter Beschuss | Euraktiv

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    1. upthetruth1 on

      >Instead of retracting his comment, Merz doubled down. Asked by reporters on Monday whether he regretted his statement, he replied: “Ask your daughters, ask your friends – everyone will confirm this is a problem, at least after dark.” He added: “I have nothing to take back. On the contrary.”

      >Yet as the outcry continued, Merz changed course late Wednesday and began to aggressively walk his comments.

      >On the sidelines of a meeting between European officials and Western Balkan leaders in London, Merz read out a prepared statement, saying Germany valued its immigrant communities and that by *Stadtbild* he meant people without residence permits who did not stick to the rules.

      >“Many of these also shape the public image of our cities. That is why so many people in Germany and other European Union countries – and this does not only apply to Germany – are now simply afraid to move around in public spaces,” Merz said. This affects train stations, underground stations and certain parks. ‘It shapes entire neighbourhoods, which also cause major problems for our police.’

      >He added that Germany would continue to need immigration and said migrants were “an indispensable part of our labour market.”

      >By the end of his statement, Merz appeared to have turned 180 degrees.

      >“We simply cannot do without them anymore, no matter where they come from, what colour their skin is, and no matter whether they are first, second, third or fourth generation immigrants living and working in Germany.”

      That’s funny, but at least he was forced to walk back his comment and defend immigration.

    3. g4mble on

      >Members of his coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD) **and the Greens**

      Can I also live in this slightly better version of Germany?

    4. Feisty_Vermicelli146 on

      Well if you could ever get any paperwork processed for legal migration then people would not fall into the illegal category.

      I speak from my own personal experience.

    6. Hunkus1 on

      I didnt know you can apparently see their visa status by just looking at them but maybe Fotzen Fritz is just built different amd sees it with a single look.

    7. pitschu on

      The more you learn about how foreign ppl get framed by the media of Germany, the better you understand what Merz‘ comment was targeting at.

      Quite sad, how we ignore scientific facts and how to deal with problems revolving around criminality in the long run for cheap populism.

    8. Loves_His_Bong on

      The CDU are basically bulletproof. They can say whatever the hell they want and face basically zero political repercussions.

      Söder just said Germany without the auto industry is like a woman without a lower body. Other than a few angry TikToks, he hasn’t faced any backlash at all for what quite frankly should be seen as a quote bad enough to disqualify him from public office.

      Nobody that cares about the Stadtbild comment was voting for the CDU in the first place.

    9. MHZ_93 on

      Yup, you can *definitely* tell the visa status of a person by their physical appearance *oops I meant colour of their skin* /s

    10. rowschank on

      On one hand, obviously Merz knows exactly what he’s saying and is probably secretly itching to form a coalition with the AfD in some manner.

      On the other hand I also wish people would spend at least a tenth of the time spent talking about this comment about how the government is pissing away the extra debt they’ve taken in or how this government is a lobbyist’s wet dream… something that can actually try to address root causes of socio economic issues.

    11. savvka on

      Who is he under fire from? Comments on reddit?
      ZDF has 61% agreeing with what he said based on the last polls.

    12. DisclosedForeclosure on

      How is „illegal immigrant“ a race? Call it however you want, the problem remains, thanks to Frau Merkel.

    13. P44 on

      The comment wasn’t racist. It was factual. He was NOT refering to the skin colour or ethnicity of these problematic people. He was refering to how they are acting.

    14. Feiiichy on

      Interesting, r/Germany is much level-headed about this than r/Europe where Poles and Croats take immigration in Germany very seriously.

    15. dankshot35 on

      can’t let US just get away with becoming the beacon of traditional German values

    16. Funny_Stock5886 on

      Meh, he’s only saying the quiet part out loud, the stuff which I used to read on Facebook comments made by everyday Germans.

    18. Tarele493 on

      Depending on which bubble you are in.
      He’s actually not criticized that much for it. There is (understandable) criticism coming from the left corner.
      However, the majority of the population supports his statements.

    19. Automatic-Pay-4095 on

      Imagine judging how the cities in your country look like without even looking at yourself in the mirror

    21. amineahd on

      Yeah many skilled immigrants are getting shafted tax wise, have to fund boomers retirmenets, usually have to pay more for rent because they dont have old contracts and also because of constant implicit racism in daily life AND then you get statements like this. I am almost at a tipping point where this is basically not worth it and I see many immigrants with the same feelings. Sure there are bad apples but the majority are productive and are keepong this country functioning… even if statistics are somehow painted to show otherwise even low paid immigrants are simply fillong jobs that Germans dont want to fill…

    22. WanderingSelf on

      I don’t see the fire . According to a recent Poll, 67% of participants supports his statements. Why AFD now scores consistently the 2nd place , with average votes 20 – 25 % ?

    24. gingerbreademperor on

      It was more moronic than it was racist.

      Just the fact that the man doubles down on his remarks, then travels to a foreign policy meeting and apparently feels enough urgency from the debate at home, to walk back those „fierce and direct“ comments by reading a statement from London. Thats just idiotic. If I ever double down on a statement, I sure as hell dont walk it back while on foreign business.

      That also shows that the consent manufacturers in the comment section are wrong to claim that all of Germany agrees with the Chancellor, raising one arm in celebration for his remarks. No politician walks back remarks that supposedly have 66% approval rating, certainly they dont walk them back from London because they feel the need to clarify quickly.

      People are dumb, politicians, Redditors, idiots as far as the eyes can see

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