Baerbock clashes with an AfD member on “Klartext” on ZDF.
The women argue about immigration.
The Green Chancellor candidate receives encouragement from the audience.
Berlin - In addition to climate and pensions, the ZDF program “Klartext” with Annalena Baerbock on Thursday evening will also be about migration and integration.
After about an hour of questions, it's a woman's turn.
She introduces herself directly as a member of the AfD - and as the daughter of parents who have fled from Vietnam.
The questioner is initially interested in rescuing people from Afghanistan.
There is a broad consensus, “also in my party, by the way,” Afghan armed forces “deserve our help,” she explains.
Because of her family biography, she could not be categorically against immigration.
But she criticizes: “We saw during the evacuation flights from Kabul that we don't always know who we are bringing to us.
That the impression arose that predominantly young men were sitting in the planes and also that, as the media reported, even criminals who had already been deported and convicted were brought back into the country "..
Annalena Baerbock on “Klartext” on ZDF: AfD woman asks two questions about immigration
She knows that not all asylum seekers become criminal - “very few will”.
However, the police crime statistics show that "immigrants from Muslim countries in particular are overrepresented, especially when it comes to violence against women".
That's why she has two questions for Baerbock:
"Since your party is categorically against deportations to Afghanistan, I would like to know from you how you, if you become Chancellor, would like to protect women in this country."
"From the above-mentioned Greens, don't you think it would make sense for the new federal government to limit immigration from Muslim countries in the future?"
Baerbock counters on ZDF: "Deportations to Afghanistan must be stopped and suspended"
Baerbock only says one sentence and receives applause: “The deportations to Afghanistan must be stopped and suspended.” The Green politician refers to international law as a justification.
She is happy to live in a constitutional state, explains Baerbock: “There is no difference made with regard to nationalities. Anyone who is a criminal belongs in prison. If people are not deported, then they have to be in prisons. And if they are a threat, then they have to be security-checked around the clock. ”One of Germany's strengths is that“ we do not select law on a case-by-case basis, but adhere to international law ”. In accordance with this legal system, no people may be deported to countries where they face the death penalty. In Afghanistan, where the Taliban are currently in power, people are murdered every day because they stand up for their freedoms, for example as women's rights activists. Baerbock reaps applause again.
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“I think I know a little better”: The question doesn't just have to respond to Baerbock
But the questioner insists: It is also the position of her party that women's rights activists are helped.
Instead of continuing, she looks to the side, puzzled.
Someone shouts something through the studio - but the interjection cannot be heard by the television viewer.
"I think I know a little better," replies the AfD woman in any case.
Baerbock intervenes again: “In the Bundestag, to be honest, I hear very, very different words from the representatives of your party.” Then she goes into the second question about people from Muslim countries. "We have human rights, they are indivisible, they apply to everyone in the world," says the chancellor candidate. It is not acceptable to deny people their rights, their right to asylum, because they come from certain countries. “It is always a case-by-case decision where one checks: Does someone have a right to asylum, regardless of where they come from. If he has no right to asylum, then there must also be repatriation to the relevant countries. But human rights apply universally to all people. ”Union opponent Armin Laschet made a similar statement in the TV triell.
Baerbock before the federal election: "Protect women, regardless of their origin, from perpetrators, regardless of their origin, better"
The viewer can then ask a question: “Don't you think it makes more sense to accommodate people close to their homes?” She asked this question because she was afraid of a new “2015”.
"But you couldn't take my fear away today."
“Yes, I have a completely different opinion, that's obvious,” Baerbock tries again.
"We have to make sure that every woman in Germany is safe."
"Every day a partner tries to kill his wife, every third day it succeeds." What needs to be done: "To better protect women, regardless of their origin, from perpetrators, regardless of their origin."
ZDF “Klartext”: Baerbock stumbles over milk question
Baerbock had a longer discussion with a farmer on the show, stumbling over a question about milk.
You can read more interesting answers from the evening in our ticker.
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