This article analyses the CDU/CSU's immigration policies and discourses during the
Chancellorship of Angela Merkel. In doing so, it makes four observations. First, the article …

Over the past twenty-five years, Germany has seen substantial shifts towards more robust
and expansive migration and integration policies addressing immigration primarily as a …

Unification triggered profound changes in the geographical, generational and global context
that had shaped restrictive German policies regarding citizenship, immigration, asylum and …

From its founding in 1949 through the dramatic events of 1989/90, the Federal Republic
relied on a concept of" blood-based" citizenship (jus sanguinis), hoping to sustain ties …

During Angela Merkel's time as Germany's Chancellor, the country has seen the largest
inflow of migrants in its post-war history, but overall attitudes to immigration in Germany have …

Multiculturalism has become a derogatory term in present day Germany. Politicians tend to
either omit it from their vocabulary or to emphasize their distance from 'multicultural dreams' …

The 2017 German federal election delivered dramatic electoral decline of the two traditional
main parties, the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) …

This article focuses on the asylum policies of the third government of Angela Merkel, which
was in power from 2013 to 2017. Chancellor Merkel's decision in the autumn of 2015 to …

In Germany issues of immigration and integration have gradually moved into the centre of
competitive party politics over the past 20 years. This article highlights two central features of …

Germany's leading role in responding to the current refugee crisis in Europe reflects a
development of its approach towards migration and cultural diversity that would have been …