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Integration Concepts and the Programming of Political Parties before the Election to Bundestag 2017

Publication at Faculty of Law |
2018

Abstract

German elections to the Bundestag last year were significantly affected by the issue of migration. The third position of the Alternative for Germany was achieved particularly due to the party's refusing foreigners in the country.

However, all parties were forced to present before the elections their ideas relating to integration; voters expected them to be able to solve recent problems spreading over the country due to the migration crisis. The paper focuses on the characteristics of German politics regarding migrants and attempts to indicate changes in its perception.

The main part then concentrates on positions of individual political parties regarding the integration of refugees and their respective integration concepts. The paper outlines the specificity of individual parties and points to differences as well as similarities in their conceptions.