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Friedrich Merz, rising star of the German centre-Right, has demanded the country stop taking in migrants from Syria and Afghanistan
Migrants are to blame for the “nightmare” of gang rapes, Germany’s opposition leader has said.
Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-Right Christian Democrats (CDU), also claimed new arrivals to the country were largely responsible for almost daily cases of knife crime and sexual assault.
Ahead of a key election in eastern Germany, he said: “On average there are two gang rapes per day, far more than half of which are carried out by migrants.”
Speaking on the campaign trail in Brandenburg, Mr Merz, 68, accused young migrant men of a “complete lack of respect for women”.
“This country needs to be able to live in freedom and security once again,” he said, adding that “we will find a majority to ensure that this nightmare is ended”.
The CDU leader appeared to be referring to statistics published in July that showed that 761 cases of gang rape were reported to police last year.
A little under half of the suspects did not have German citizenship.
Knife crime also rising
With knife crime also on the rise, the German interior ministry last month announced plans to ban knives in criminal hotspots and to reduce the length of a legal blade.
Mr Merz, who is widely expected to run against Olaf Scholz, the German leader, in next year’s federal election, has sharpened his broadsides against migrants since a terror attack in Solingen a fortnight ago.
That attack was claimed by Islamic State
Migrants are to blame for the “nightmare” of gang rapes, Germany’s opposition leader has said.
Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-Right Christian Democrats (CDU), also claimed new arrivals to the country were largely responsible for almost daily cases of knife crime and sexual assault.
Ahead of a key election in eastern Germany, he said: “On average there are two gang rapes per day, far more than half of which are carried out by migrants.”
Speaking on the campaign trail in Brandenburg, Mr Merz, 68, accused young migrant men of a “complete lack of respect for women”.
“This country needs to be able to live in freedom and security once again,” he said, adding that “we will find a majority to ensure that this nightmare is ended”.
The CDU leader appeared to be referring to statistics published in July that showed that 761 cases of gang rape were reported to police last year.
A little under half of the suspects did not have German citizenship.
Knife crime also rising
With knife crime also on the rise, the German interior ministry last month announced plans to ban knives in criminal hotspots and to reduce the length of a legal blade.
Mr Merz, who is widely expected to run against Olaf Scholz, the German leader, in next year’s federal election, has sharpened his broadsides against migrants since a terror attack in Solingen a fortnight ago.
That attack was claimed by Islamic State
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