Overview
- Cem Özdemir said certain migrant-influenced milieus entrench patriarchal structures that particularly endanger women.
- He added that people with a migration background can feel unsafe in parts of eastern Germany because they do not look like they “descend from the Vikings.”
- He called for authorities to take public-safety concerns seriously across party lines to prevent further gains for the AfD, including tackling toxic masculinity and criminality as a lifestyle.
- He criticized Chancellor Friedrich Merz for describing problems without offering remedies, arguing a chancellor should lead rather than act as a passive observer.
- The broader dispute triggered by Merz’s remarks is on the Bundestag agenda today in an Aktuelle Stunde requested by the AfD.