Chancellor Angela Merkel looks with incomprehension on the recent electoral successes of the AfD in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia: "Even if one is not satisfied with public transport, medical care, state action or one's own life, there is no right to hate and contempt for other people or even violence, "Merkel said in an interview with SPIEGEL.
There can be no tolerance for such behavior. She knew that for East Germans of a certain generation, "life with the peaceful revolution has become free, but not always easier," Merkel told SPIEGEL.
In addition to successful regions in the East, there are also "in which the villages empty themselves, because the children and grandchildren have moved away".
That in her term as Chancellor, the AFD has become so strong, Angela Merkel does not challenge. "We live in freedom, people can speak out and vote accordingly," she said.
Without mentioning the name of the AfD heads of Brandenburg and Thuringia, Andreas Kalbitz and Björn Höcke, the Chancellor probably alluded to their West German origin: "What I do not think is possible: If people with West German biography in the East go and claim that our state is actually not much better than the GDR. "
Merkel: "You have to fight hard."
Here you can read the whole interview.
