ABSTRACT

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 highlights that the CDU/CSU became proactive when it came to passing new and far-reaching immigration and integration legislation. Second, it is argued that these policies have sent conflicting messages, torn between the opening and closing of Germany’s borders, and between welcoming diversity and demanding cultural assimilation. Third, this article identifies and explains six ways in which the parties have framed immigration in their common election manifestos from 2005 to 2017: as a cultural, economic, security, humanitarian, European, and gendered issue. Fourth, this study analyses the intra-party divisions that came to a head during the migration crisis: the place of Islam in Germany and the creation of a cap on the number of refugees that Germany would take in. Here, it is highlighted that in contrast to Merkel, the CSU, but also parts of the CDU, have called for more restrictive immigration policies and cultural assimilation. These findings are explained with reference to the political context: the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany and the 2018 Bavarian regional elections.

摘要

本文分析了安格拉·默克尔 (Angela Merkel) 担任总理期间 CDU/CSU 的移民政策和话语。在这样做的过程中，它提出了四个观察结果。首先，文章强调基民盟/科罗拉多州立大学在通过新的影响深远的移民和融合立法时变得积极主动。其次，有人认为这些政策发出了相互矛盾的信息，在德国边界的开放和关闭之间，在欢迎多样性和要求文化同化之间徘徊。第三，本文确定并解释了政党在 2005 年至 2017 年的共同选举宣言中界定移民的六种方式：作为文化、经济、安全、人道主义、欧洲和性别问题。第四，本研究分析了移民危机期间出现的党内分歧：伊斯兰教在德国的地位以及对德国将接纳的难民人数设定上限。在这里，需要强调的是，与默克尔不同的是，基社盟以及基民盟的部分成员都呼吁对移民进行更严格的限制政策和文化同化。参考政治背景解释了这些发现：极右翼德国替代方案的兴起和 2018 年巴伐利亚地区选举。