Mainstream political parties in Germany are unwilling to adopt a tougher stance on migrants, despite all the problems allegedly caused by them, out of fear of giving a PR victory to the AfD party, German political analyst and independent journalist Dr. Gregor Spitzen tells Sputnik.
“The AfD will be able to say: ‘Look, they are doing what we proposed 10 years ago, and we were called ‘Nazis’ for it’,” he elaborates. “Systemic political parties can in no way allow such a moral victory for their political adversary.”
There is an entire host of factors that led to the current migrant crisis in Germany, Dr. Spitzen explains:
EU leadership criticism of the countries that refuse to accept migrants “with an alien ethno-cultural background” does not help either.
“There are even attempts to exert pressure in the form of sanctions and refusal of EU subsidies,” Dr. Spitzen remarks.
