"I don't know if you have children, and daughters among them, Merz said to the journalist. Ask your daughters, I suspect you'll get a pretty loud and clear answer. I have nothing to take back; to the contrary I stress: we have to change something. The left-leaning opposition accused Merz of taking a page from extremist parties, whose claims that women and girls are being targeted by migrants with sexual violence has become a global far-right rallying cry."
"He had drawn flak last week for remarks that critics said hinted that diversity itself was a problem in German cities: Of course we still have this problem in the cityscape, and that is why the federal interior minister is now working to enable and carry out expulsions on a very large scale, Merz said on a visit to Brandenburg state outside Berlin."
Friedrich Merz championed very large-scale expulsions and framed migration as a public safety issue, insisting he had nothing to retract and urging change. He told a journalist to ask their daughters for a clear answer and defended security in public space as essential for mainstream parties to regain trust. Left-leaning opponents accused him of adopting far-right talking points that portray women and girls as targeted by migrants, and labelled his remarks patronising and racist. Greens leaders criticised the rhetoric and small protests emerged in response to his comments about diversity and expulsions.
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