The Brandenburg Gate, a symbolic monument in Berlin, pictured here on Oct. 22, 2024. (Credit: Julie Kebbi/L’OLJ)
Following the German legislative election on Feb. 23, 28-year-old Lebanese engineer Tarek* was feeling distressed. "In moments like these, I tell myself that my future in Germany is in danger and that I need to start looking for other countries I could move to," he says.In an election that saw the biggest turnout in 40 years, the CDU/CSU conservative bloc came out on top with 28.52 percent of the vote, shunning Olaf Scholz's previously in-power center-left alliance. However, the biggest news is the unprecedented gains made by the far right. The anti-migration, anti-Islam Alternative for Germany party (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) came in second, securing 20.8 percent of the vote, double the 10.3 percent from four years ago.So far, the only Lebanese party to have reacted to the elections in Germany, where there is a...
Following the German legislative election on Feb. 23, 28-year-old Lebanese engineer Tarek* was feeling distressed. "In moments like these, I tell myself that my future in Germany is in danger and that I need to start looking for other countries I could move to," he says.In an election that saw the biggest turnout in 40 years, the CDU/CSU conservative bloc came out on top with 28.52 percent of the vote, shunning Olaf Scholz's previously in-power center-left alliance. However, the biggest news is the unprecedented gains made by the far right. The anti-migration, anti-Islam Alternative for Germany party (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) came in second, securing 20.8 percent of the vote, double the 10.3 percent from four years ago.So far, the only Lebanese party to have reacted to the elections in Germany, where there is a...