That's the reason why Germany is doomed: people are falling for liars like Blackrock Merz. Even here it seems. He likes to talk big, especially before elections, but words are cheap.
Politicians are liars. I take that as granted. The question is: why has the Union moved from 'wir schaffen das" to demanding an immigration emergency.
It's because they keep losing. And they will continue losing unless they do something.
If you really think Merz had a change of heart
I don't know the man. Given that he is a politician, I'd say he has no heart and only calculations. The calculations at the moment is that it's very bad to come out in favor of immigration. That is a win in and of itself: to go from Merkel winning on a platform of "wir schaffen das" to anti-immigration parties making up a large majority.
It's all theater to deceive voters so the establishment can keep doing business as usual.
They will certainly try, if they can get away with it.
Do they? Even without doing anything at all they're polling in first place nationwide.
anti-immigration parties making up a large majority.
The CDU is still staunchly pro-mass migration. Again: Merz's speeches are just PR and not representative of what the party is actually doing where its in power. The people in power behind Merz are still fully in the Merkel camp.
Do they? Even without doing anything at all they're polling in first place nationwide.
And they're losing a lot of people who'd otherwise support them even while they, as you say, pretend to be anti-immigration.
The CDU is still staunchly pro-mass migration. Again: Merz's speeches are just PR and not representative of what the party is actually doing where its in power. The people in power behind Merz are still fully in the Merkel camp.
Yes, I'm not naive to think that the 'party leader' is actually in charge, especially when what he says goes against elite consensus. But even so, it is far superior to have anti-immigration be the mainstream and the majority (even if they just pretend as you say) than for it to be the fringe position of the "Nazis" and the "center-right" being the openly pro-invasion party.
Politicians are liars. I take that as granted. The question is: why has the Union moved from 'wir schaffen das" to demanding an immigration emergency.
It's because they keep losing. And they will continue losing unless they do something.
I don't know the man. Given that he is a politician, I'd say he has no heart and only calculations. The calculations at the moment is that it's very bad to come out in favor of immigration. That is a win in and of itself: to go from Merkel winning on a platform of "wir schaffen das" to anti-immigration parties making up a large majority.
They will certainly try, if they can get away with it.
Do they? Even without doing anything at all they're polling in first place nationwide.
The CDU is still staunchly pro-mass migration. Again: Merz's speeches are just PR and not representative of what the party is actually doing where its in power. The people in power behind Merz are still fully in the Merkel camp.
And they're losing a lot of people who'd otherwise support them even while they, as you say, pretend to be anti-immigration.
Yes, I'm not naive to think that the 'party leader' is actually in charge, especially when what he says goes against elite consensus. But even so, it is far superior to have anti-immigration be the mainstream and the majority (even if they just pretend as you say) than for it to be the fringe position of the "Nazis" and the "center-right" being the openly pro-invasion party.