Kryptonite for the AfD Party

 Yesterday, off the ARTE-channel here in Germany, they ran a documentary piece which discussed eastern Germany, current political trends, and the disheartening fact that that the AfD is 'big-deal' in regional politics.  For those who aren't into German parties...the AfD is primarily a a party which is anti-migration and anti-asylum.  To be blunt, it's the only party with that position.  

In most western German states....the AfD can marginally count on 8-to-12 percent of the vote in a state/national election.  In several eastern German states....they can hustle up 15-to-25 percent of the vote.  In doing so, they really downsize the types of coalition governments possible, and make create a fairly marginal political scene.  

As for me on the ARTE-channel?  Well....I admit....I probably only watch it five to eight hours a year, and it's got to be a fairly limited offering off the other dozen-odd German channels for me to check out their offerings.

In general, journalists and hyped-up political figures in Germany are furious at the growth and attraction of the AfD Party.  It shouldn't exist....at least in their mind.

So I'm going to offer some advice on how to dissolve the AfD Party, and brings things back to a reality:

1.  Sit down and admit that the EU will never develop a asylum/immigration or migration policy.  I know that this is some weird belief that the EU will make a policy and resolve the problem without the Germans having to admit they 'screwed-up'....but it'll never happen.

2.  Gather some PhD guys and instruct them to build a formula....where the national and state unemployment rates of Germany, along with affordable housing rates, educational factors, and integration programs are all figured up.  They should have two simple views in the end.....X-number of 'talented' asylum-seekers and X-number of war-time refugees will enter.  Only guessing here, but it'll be some number like 250,000 to 350,000 (based on the 83-million resident number).

In the same fashion, you note areas of Germany with high unemployment and cap the number of migrants per year moving into that region.  You also make a cap for periods of high unemployment in Germany....it makes no sense to admit 100,000 migrants when your unemployment rate is near 8-percent.  

3.  Then you make a hard rule that you can only apply for asylum or immigration via a German embassy outside of Germany.  You also make a hard rule about an official ID being displayed and used in the process.  No official ID?  No approval for paperwork.  

4.  Once the individual or family apply for the entry-ticket.....once approved, you provide a one-way ticket (free of charge) to fly into Frankfurt.  You (the government) sign up for 18 months of sponsorship.  At the end of that period....no government assistance for a minimum of two years.  If the guy fails or drifts off?  It's not your responsibility to do anything.  The guy has to sign a document upon arriving that if this entry is a 'failure'....he will return to his original country.  Again, another free airline ticket....courtesy of the German people.

5.  Anyone who fits into this trial period....as a migrant and gets arrested for any serious crime (like drug trafficking or assault or rape)....gets a review by a judge who only handles such asylum or migrant cases.  If they can't control their emotions or behavior....you just let them know that this is not going to work, and let them return to the home-country.  If the guy isn't cooperative, set up a compound with reduced living standards and let him linger there until his behavior improves or he asks for a ticket back to the old country.  

6.  After five years in Germany and demonstrated success.....you offer up citizenship.  Clean record, success at life...ought to easily lead to this accomplishment in the end.  

7.  Now you turn to the public TV journalists and let them know that you are thinking about downsizing the yearly tax, and if they get into some hyped-up 'gotta-save-the-migrants' theme, then the tax downsizing will come sooner, than later.  Yeah, it's a bluff....but basically, they need to report news and not be a theater 'unit' searching for people to save.

8.  Somewhere in this mix....you admit that affordable housing in major cities like Hamburg, Frankfurt, or Essen....is crap.  There's no reason to ship another 3,000 refugees into Frankfurt, if real affordable housing doesn't exist.  So either get to resolving this issue, or make a rule that new migrants/immigrants can't be placed in Frankfurt-City itself.

9.  Then you turn to economic-refugees and set the practice that if they have some level of German language accomplished (say A2), and some certification or college time....they get added points, and a higher chance of acceptance.  Frankly, Germany doesn't need more burger-flippers or delivery-truck-drivers.  If you had a thousand Thai women who came up with a basic nursing certificate and a A2 language certificate....they ought to be at the head of the line for entry.

All of these processes would lead in a very quick fashion to the AfD Party not having much to stomp their feet upon or getting the public excited.  The blunt truth is that Germany has tried walking around with zero-policy for migration for the past seven years, under Chancellor Merkel.  The gain here?  A AfD Party which can get 12-to-14 percent of national votes in an election....because the public thinks the current process is screwed-up.  

This is not rocket-science.  You could easily dissolve the public feeling of failure over migration in easy and simple steps.