Six party election for the most part (even though there’s thirty-plus total parties).
Five of the six carried a Merkel-like stance on immigration. AfD was the opposing view.
AfD has only five years of existence...being created for the most part as a anti-Euro party.
If you look at AfD candidates...very few 4-star characters and this was readily apparent. If you go looking at various platforms...they had a strong immigrant platform, and a strong law-enforcement platform. Beyond, it was awful weak. Don’t even ask about pension or tax reform issues...they have none.
On the one plus-side for Merkel....with the EU deal for Turkey....they’ve held back the immigrants since spring of 2016. Presently, Germany is back to the normal 250,000 to 300,000 per year (the average for 30 years).
You said, “300,000 per year (the average for 30 years)...”
That is 9,000,000 in 30 years and in the last few it’s been over a million a year, this is upwards of 10 million immigrants in the last 30 years.
And then they are bringing their families....
Germany is TOAST!
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