(National-UAE) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hit the campaign trail on Monday in a Berlin mayoral election marked by concerns over violence and integration.
Ugly scenes on December 31 including attacks on police and buses led to fingers being pointed at Arab and Turkish communities, and piled pressure on Berlin’s left-wing mayor Franziska Giffey.
The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) caused an outcry by demanding to know the first names of Germans arrested, implying these would reveal a migrant background.
Ms Giffey then rebuked the CDU’s national leader Friedrich Merz after he described children of immigrants as disrespectful “little pashas.”
