Will the Christmas market assault divide Germans additional over immigration?

German authorities say the psychiatrist accused of a ramming assault in Magdeburg is Islamophobic.

They’ve charged the Saudi psychiatrist – who has lived in Germany for 18 years – with a number of counts of homicide and tried homicide.

However the anti-immigrant, far-right Different for Germany get together has made beneficial properties in opinion polls earlier than February’s snap election. And simply days after the autumn of the al-Assad regime, the federal government in Berlin froze asylum functions from Syrians.

Will Friday’s carnage, coupled with the dispute about migrants in Europe, divide Germany even additional?

Might police have finished extra to forestall the assault?

Presenter: Neave Barker

Company:

Ulrich Brueckner – Professor of political science at Stanford College in Berlin

Rachel Rizzo – Non-resident senior fellow on the Atlantic Council’s Europe Heart

Muhammad al Kashef – Political adviser and guide at Migrant Solidarity Community