One mayor has rebelled in Bavaria by refusing to back down and accommodate refugees, but apparently his left-wing deputy mayor has already betrayed him.
In the town of Bad Griesbach, a mayor told the district administration he will not accept any refugees. The district wants him to take in 35 Ukrainian refugees into the small town, but the mayor, Jürgen Fundke, who belongs to the Non-Partisan Voters’ Association, refuses to register any of them.
Fundke has made the move despite threats from the supervisory authority. District Administrator Raimund Kneidinger, of the Christian Socialist Union (CSU), issued an official order to take them in by Wednesday. The order was delivered to him personally.
Instead of bowing down, the mayor simply said he will not do it, telling Bayerischer Rundfunk that he believes he has the upper legal hand. “What do they want to do? Do they want to suspend me? They can’t and aren’t allowed to. I’ve spoken to a lawyer,” said Fundke.
Regarding the various legal threats he is facing, Fundke said, “I don’t even read them. Maybe I’ll read about it at Christmas.” Instead, Fundke says his city cannot bear any more foreigners. Already 2,300 people in the small town of 9,750 residents are now foreigners.
He notes that kindergartens and schools are “bursting apart.”
Due to Fundke’s refusal, the Ukrainians cannot enter the town, as they have no official place of residence. The district office accuses Fundke of partaking in “illegal” behavior.
Bad Griesbach already has 90 Ukrainians, and just in September, 140 migrants from various other countries were placed inside an empty hotel. The town already has the highest proportion of Ukrainian refugees in the entire district.
However, the district administration may have already found a loophole. The deputy mayor of the town, Georg Greil, of the left-wing Social Democrats (SPD), said he will sign the order and register the Ukrainians.
If it goes through, it will be another case of the CSU working with the left to ensure mass migration, despite their tough talk against migration in recent months.
Fundke’s political group, the Non-Partisan Voters’ Association, states: “We are politically independent and unaffiliated. We represent the interests of our citizens and not party political ideologies.”
The battle comes at a time when Bavaria is struggling with an influx of migrants across the German state. Although controlled by the CSU, which claims to be against illegal migration, Bavaria’s government is forcing German cities, towns and municipalities to take ever greater shares of migrants. In one location, for instance, a luxury lakeside property is being built for migrants, which will cost €6 million.
