With Germans increasingly skeptical of mass immigration following another attack targeting children in Aschaffenburg, the Green Party is not letting up on its push for more immigration. The party’s new manifesto, with less than 28 days before national elections, is calling to make it easier for migrants to bring their families into Germany.
In addition, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) said that the CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz’s proposal to vote on strict border plans would “break European law and build a fence around Germany.”
“If we start doing that, Europe will be destroyed,” warned Baerbock She added that the CDU wants to “completely seal off Germany.”
Baerbock’s comments come shortly after the Greens called to ease family reunification measures to improve integration. The party also released a number of other policy proposals that have set it on a crash course with the Christian Democrats (CDU).
In contrast, the CDU have become increasingly vocal against immigration in recent months in an attempt to fend off the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has closed in on the CDU in recent weeks and now polls at 21 percent, according to Insa.
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— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) January 23, 2025While the CDU is calling for the border to be closed to all refugees, the Greens now oppose closing the border. The left-wing party argues that each asylum case must be reviewed on an individual basis. Instead of deportations, the Greens’ program states that “not everyone who comes to Germany can stay” but that “voluntary return is our priority.”
Unlike CDU, the Greens also argue that asylum procedures should not be outsourced to third countries but instead remain in Europe: Merz is pushing for these asylum procedures to be decided elsewhere, such as seen with the failed Rwanda scheme pushed by British Conservatives for years.
“We oppose the outsourcing of asylum procedures to third countries,” the Green Party’s manifesto reads.
Finally, the Greens want to continue support for sea rescue operations for migrants, which are often financed by the German government as well Christian charities based out of Germany.
Although it was once thought that the Greens and the CDU would be the most likely coalition partners, it appears that outcome is growing increasingly unlikely, with the two parties increasingly diverging on immigration. However, more importantly, the CDU sister partner, the Christian Socialist Union (CSU), has ruled out a coalition with the CDU entirely. This means the most likely partner for the CDU is the SPD. A number of potential election outcomes, including the FDP and the BSW entering parliament, could mean this coalition may be mathematically impossible.
