Munich: Merz wants to enforce law and order

t-online Munich: Merz wants to enforce law and order 1 hour • 4 minutes reading time Reaction to the attack in Munich Merz calls for tough consequences - "Security first" CDU leader Friedrich Merz: After the alleged attack in Munich, the Union's candidate for chancellor is calling for a change in migration policy. Image: Annegret Hilse) An Afghan drove into a crowd in Munich. Friedrich Merz has now spoken out. Green Party candidate for chancellor Robert Habeck reacted with dismay to the alleged attack in Munich. The vice chancellor spoke on Platform X of terrible news from Munich. "I am appalled by this senseless act." His thoughts are "first and foremost with the injured" and he wished them "a speedy recovery." Habeck thanked the emergency services and demanded: "It is important that the background is now quickly clarified." After the alleged attack on X, CDU/CSU candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote: "I would like to thank the security forces who are providing assistance on the ground. The safety of the people in Germany will be our top priority. We will consistently enforce law and order. Everyone must feel safe in our country again. Something must change in Germany." Faeser: Continue to deport people to Afghanistan Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said after the alleged attack in Munich: "Once again, the suspected perpetrator is a young man from Afghanistan," the SPD politician told t-online. "The answer can only be: the rule of law must show maximum severity. We have massively tightened the laws for the deportation of violent offenders and for more deportations, now they must be enforced with all the utmost consistency. We are the only state in Europe to deport people to Afghanistan again despite Taliban rule and will continue to do so." Comment on the attack in Munich: Republic in fear Jan van Aken and Heidi Reichinnek from the Left Party commented on the alleged attack in Munich on X: "I am appalled and shocked," wrote Reichinnek. Party chairman van Aken made a similar statement: The incident "very distressed" him, wrote van Aken on X. Weidel: "Should it always go on like this?" The AfD's candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel, called for a "migration turnaround" in light of the alleged attack and asked on X: "Should it always go on like this?" Weidel also called the arrested perpetrator a "terrorist driver." According to the police, the background to the crime is still unclear. The AfD co-chairman, Tino Chrupalla, also responded to t-online with a dig at the Verdi union, which has repeatedly spoken out against the AfD: "The unions must recognize: We represent the security interests of all citizens. I wish the injured a full recovery!" FDP leader and former finance minister Christian Lindner was shocked at X. "We have to act," said Lindner. Anyone who is not prepared to do so should not take responsibility for the country. FDP parliamentary group vice-chairman Christoph Meyer made a similar statement on t-online: "Things cannot continue like this in this country, the citizens are absolutely right to demand a change in illegal migration and asylum policy." It must now finally "click in the heads of the SPD and the Greens." BSW leader Sahra Wagenknecht spoke of a "horrific act." Germany must "finally decisively combat such crimes, which far too often follow the same pattern." "This is only possible if we end uncontrolled migration and consistently deport those who pose a danger to our country and the people in Germany." Alexander Throm, the domestic policy spokesman for the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, said on n-tv: An attack like this, in the wake of the other attacks in recent months, "does something to our country." A change in German migration policy is needed. "Naivety", especially "among some in the remaining government", must be put aside. There are "technical contacts" between the Foreign Office and the Taliban to bring people to Germany. These contacts must now be used for deportations to Afghanistan. The Greens' MEP Erik Marquardt wrote on X what he believes should be normal in such a case: "wish the injured a speedy recovery, wait for investigations" and then "draw reasonable conclusions". But it is now normal to use such attacks to stir up hatred and to generalize and instrumentalize racism. According to police, a man drove past a police car into a demonstration march by the Verdi trade union, injuring at least 28 people, some of them seriously. Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) spoke of a suspected attack.