Grünen Leader Felix Banaszak has shown willingness for further talks on migration policy, while warning against “national solo performances”. “We were and are always ready for talks” Banaszak told the “Rheinische Post” (Wednesday edition).
“Friedrich Merz was not interested in a solution in this matter, apparently” he said, looking at the CDU’s chancellor candidate. “He has joined the arms of the far-right AfD and is pressuring the democratic parties of the center with the right-wing extremist votes – on this basis, there can be no purposeful talks.”
“Our migration policy is not based on national solo performances like blanket border closures, but on European solidarity” Banaszak said. Therefore, he had negotiated a reform of the Common European Asylum System in the European Union over the past few years, which would bring together the interests of the states at the EU’s external borders with those of the inner states.
“We are always ready to pour this reform into national law together with the CDU, CSU and FDP” the Green politician said. At the same time, he appealed to the shared responsibility that the political and social discourse “not lead to ever more polarization or exclusion”. “The actual cooperation with the AfD and the rhetorical sharpness that representatives of the CDU and CSU bring into the debate make many people afraid.”
Banaszak further said: “We are all united by the wish for a life in a society that protects us and guarantees a life of security – regardless of whether we were born here or immigrated.” This security for all to establish is the task of the state and all democrats, according to the Green party leader.