Week 4: Student Response to Discussion One and Two and Assignment

ThursdayOct 26 at 4:31pm

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The article titled, First day on the job: Meet Germany’s new far-right politicians, was in the world section on CNN.com. Written by; Judith Vonberg, a freelance journalist in the London bureau and Nadine Schmidt Producer & Freelance Europe Unit Manager in Berlin who both work with CNN International.

The story thoroughly conveys that there is currently, “the first far-right party to enter the country’s parliament in almost 60 years.” Foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel fears that “Nazis would soon have a voice in the Bundestag for the first time since the end of the Second World War.” Direct-elected to Parliament, Karten Hilse, has immigration at the top of her list stating, “First and foremost we must end the migration chaos.” The immigration issue is believed to be a result of Chancellor Angela Merkel opening Germany’s borders in September 2015. There are projections that the new parliament members, “will have a big impact on refugee policy,” says Henning Meyer, a social scientist at London School of Economics. The Chancellor has agreed to make a refugee cap, which goes against her original campaign.

I believe this report was on CNN because, “the media cover government upheavals and leadership changes...and stories about dramatic political conflicts” (Garber & Dunaway, 2015). The issue is explained clearly along with detailed facts. However, it does not state the direct impact the issue will have in the U.S. Although, immigration has been widely discussed since President Trump has been in office, and fear of going backward as a country which may parallel what Germany is feeling. For example, Trump's wall which Eugene Robinson Comparatively stated in the Washington Post, “Trump wants us to cower in fear behind a Berlin-style wall." Along with the travel ban, and many other immigration issues which have arisen since his term.

-Mallory Murray

References

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Judith Vonberg - Clippings.me portfolio. (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2017, from

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Schmidt, N. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadine-schmidt-9b409473

Trump's wall would be no berlin wall (posted 2016-09-09 22:27:54). (2016, Sep 09). The

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Vonberg, J. (2017, October 24). First day on the job: Meet Germany's new far-right politicians.

Retrieved October 26, 2017, from http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/europe/afd-germany-parliament-first-day/index.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.