Too few apartments, full lanes, not enough Kita places. For years, the red-red-green-ruled capital has been growing by about 40,000 every year, according to the Senate. The Housing Policy spokesman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives, Christian Gräff, has now brought a move to Berlin.
"I believe that we need a migration to Berlin - as long as the Senate does not create any new infrastructure here - day-care centers, schools, transport infrastructure - the people of Berlin suffer." (...) That can not continue, "said Gräff in the RBB evening show.
Michael Müller criticizes the CDU politician Gräff
The RBB then headlined: "CDU politician Gräff calls for immigration stop for Berlin." Later, the politician weakened his remarks. He said to the Berlin newspaper "Tagesspiegel": "Of course we do not want to stop anyone from moving to Berlin - on the contrary, we want the city to grow and more people to find their home here." However, the governing coalition declines the growth of the city, so a migration stop remains the only option for Berlin.
"As long as Red-Red-Green does not build schools, kindergartens and flats in Berlin, you can not seriously recommend to friends to come here," he said. "It's a cynical situation we are in, and I would like us to have a debate about who is to blame."
The governing mayor Michael Müller criticized Christian Democrat Gräff for his remarks on Thursday evening. They harmed the city. "Berlin is pleased about visitors, because they bring us important impulses and fresh ideas and they take the Berlin spirit of creativity, diversity and freedom into the world and we also want to move in. We are happy when people from all over the world Choose Berlin as a place of longing or a new home, "he said.