German opposition gambling with the extreme right to migrate, and lose

The man who was very preferred to become the next German adviser to become an extraordinary gambling this week, for his political future and the wall of protection in his country against political extremism.

He did not go as he hoped.

In an attempt to photograph himself and his party as difficult to migrate, Fredchich Mirz, the leader of the leading Christian Democrats, prompted a series of measures that tighten the borders and accelerate the deportation through Parliament this week. He did this with the help of the hard right alternative to Germany The party, or AFD – parts of which were classified as extremist by German intelligence agencies.

On Friday, the maneuver ended in a legislative defeat by Mr. Mirz, the opposition in his party and rejoiced allegations of new legitimacy from AFD, a reaction that could peel off the comfortable seat of Mr. Mirz at the top of the polls.

Mr. Mirz’s readiness to rely on support from AFD has broken taboo in German policy that has endured since the end of World War II.

Mr. Mirz has left fierce criticism of political opponents, religious leaders, and the survivors of the Holocaust and former Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is still a member of the Mr. Mirz party. Tens of thousands demonstrated outside the offices of the conservative Christian Democrats throughout the country.

Despite criticism and many opportunities to retreat, Mr. Mirz decided to raise the bill to enhance immigration rules to the ground on Friday. to fail.

Mr. Mirz was trying to consolidate his interest by showing voters that he could be trusted to respond to widespread anger at a series of apparently related killings by immigrants across Germany last year. But even with AFD, he could not find sounds for a change that could already become legally.

The result was about the worst that Mr. Mirz hoped to avoid: there is no change in the Immigration Law, the newly active opponents on the left and the extreme right, and the general doubts about his fitness to be a consultant.

Critics now warn that Mr. Mirz, if he becomes a consultant, can break the so -called country protection wall against extremists and work with AFD to form a government. AFD leaders say that the drama has encouraged and sacrificed their party.

Journalists and many political analysts have teared decisions to Mr. Mirz. Fabian Rynold wrote in the timeOne of the most important weekly papers in the country. “Now the damage is great, for him personally, but perhaps also for the democracy that should stand before its enemies.”

Mr. Mirz’s decisions decided this week, it was not a fixed campaign before the German elections on February 23.

The race, which was firmly focused on the stumbling economy in Germany, suddenly became the far right and its supreme issues, and immigration – a possible batch for both the main opponents of Mr. Mirz and AFD, which ranks second in national ballot boxes.

Opinion polls continue to show Mr. Mirz with the best opportunity to win the race and form the next government. Voters are still angry at the current party, social democrats, for inflation and economic stagnation, and are still excited to move from the current advisor, Olaf Schools.

But Mr. Mirz changed the race and gave his competitors a new argument.

The disposal of the decisions of Mr. Mirz, which caused this, followed an attack on a knife that killed two people, one of whom was a young child, in Bavaria by an Afghan immigrant, the authorities said he suffers from mental illness and avoiding deportation.

Mr. Mirz expressed their anger, then put a path aimed at asserting voters that Christian Democrats can be relied on to reform the Immigration Law.

He presented two separate beats to the parliament hall on Wednesday, one of which focused on securing the borders and deporting the immigrants who were ordered outside the country, and the other focused on giving the authorities more power to ensure national security.

Both suggestions included the language attacking AFD. But AFD voted in their favor anyway, and its support for the movement specifically dealing with the limits and deportation helped her to pass.

“We owe people in our country, not the least of which are victims of violence in recent months, to make now every effort to reduce illegal immigration, to take asylum seekers who need to leave the country in reservation and detention recently to deport them,” told Mr. Mirz legislators. He added that it would be “unbearable” watching AFD celebrating the passage of the law.

The next day, Mrs. Merkel gave a rare public comment, as she formed the dependence of Mr. Mirz on a party Winking to Nazi slogans And any much, including Local intelligence servicesConsider a threat to the country’s constitution.

“I think it is wrong, to enable the majority in the German Bundestag to vote with AFD for the first time,” Mrs. Merkel said in a statement.

Others also did. Albrecht Weinberg, 99 -year -old survivor, announced that he would return a medal awarded in 2017.

For years, the main parties refused to work with the far right. Although AFD won an increasing share of votes in the national elections, the leaders of the German party confirmed that the party will remain outside the government.

Mr. Mirz’s political maneuver is designed to restore voters who were drifting to the right right. But at the present time, it appears that it has led to reverse results, and AFD appears to be the only clear winner in the case.

When this procedure passed on Wednesday-with his delicate victory, with many members of the Mr. Mirz Party, party leaders chanted. They exchanged hugs and took a collective personal photo on the parliamentary floor. Mr. Mirz sat only a foot, and looked at shine.

Alice Wadel, AFD advisor, told the correspondents after that on Wednesday that it could show that the elections could produce a ruling majority in Parliament if they work the extremist right and conservatives together.

On Friday, the dominant competing parties attempted to find a way to prepare governors to retreat from the edge of the abyss, as they were temporarily offered the bill by returning it to the committee. But after a three -hour break in Parliament, Mr. Mirz insisted on voting, which he lost with a narrow margin of 12 votes.

In fact, he doubled, as he retracted a call he made in November, after the three -party coalition of Mr. Schults collapsed to the main parties to avoid working with the maximum right to pass legislation.

One question now is whether Mr. Mirz can reunite his broken alliance. Another is whether, if he becomes a consultant, he may go further in allowing cooperation between conservatives and extremist right.

Several legislators this week sparked Austria, as it seems that the ruling coalition between the hard freedom party and the right -wing Party of Austrian in the center. It will be from The first time that the far right has managed a ruler allianceAlthough he was a minority partner before.

Mr. Mirz continues to say that he will not enjoy this alliance – but the issue of immigration was required to take action, even if that means voting with AFD.

“There are many who may be concerned about the stability of our democracy, but there is no less than many of those who are concerned about the security and internal system of our country,” said Mr. Mirz on Friday before the vote.