Overview
- Cem Özdemir says some migrant-influenced milieus entrench archaic, patriarchal structures that pose particular threats to women.
- He adds that in parts of East Germany, people with a migration background feel unsafe because they do not look like they “descended from the Vikings.”
- He criticizes the current discussion as crude and warns against both minimizing problems and casting migrants as the source of every issue.
- He calls for joint action to strengthen safety in public spaces, including confronting toxic masculinity and “crime as a lifestyle,” to avoid losing more voters to the AfD.
- On an AfD motion, the Bundestag holds an Aktuelle Stunde on security, returns and Leitkultur after Merz’s mid‑October remarks; Özdemir also faults the chancellor for describing problems without offering solutions.