We continue our series ahead of the 26 May elections with Karsten Albrecht (CDU), City Council candidate for Leipzig South. Auf Deutsch & in English. He was the second candidate willing to give us an interview - later, we were able to reach more, and are doing our best to publish the interviews quickly and
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Initial questions will include how many employees the Leipzig Foreigners' Authority has and processing times for applications compared to other German cities. Further research would aim to assess the public officials' level of intercultural and foreign language training.
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Yesterday we heard from a Syrian refugee disappointed in the discrimination she's met in Germany. Today we hear from a Leipziger who works with refugees and migrants, and is frustrated at different opinions on immigration immediately being shut down and dismissed.
MoreThe question has haunted scholars, socialists and socialist scholars for one and a half centuries. So we also give it a try (or eight).
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Can a Petry-led faction distance themselves significantly from the AfD to win over enough CDU voters and politicians? The next 18 months will be a dry run for this possibility, threatening the traditional progressiveness of Leipzig in the process.
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"I don’t know how to defeat the AfD, but I have the feeling that calling them Nazis is not going to help, as this will further deflect from the real issues at stake."
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