and for more on all that let's bring in one of our political correspondents now hans brandt good morning hans migration continues to haunt chancellor merkel what might her message be on that issue today. well yes indeed and it's quite surprising in some sense that migration is still sort of still such a central issue because the number of migrants reaching germany and even reaching europe has gone down drastically since its peak in late two thousand and fifteen and the restrictive policies that angle america's government has been implementing in the last months and years have also led to a much much more severe dealing with asylum seekers refugees and migrants in germany so in a sense many of the demands that the opposition has made have been attacked max meant by an article about the agenda is driven mainly by the right wing populist alternative for germany party which is not the biggest opposition party in parliament and also obviously within the government there are conservative coalition partners from bavaria including the interior minister horsey who far who have also been pushing h

and for more on all that let's bring in one of our political correspondents now hans brandt good morning hans migration continues to haunt chancellor merkel what might her message be on that issue today. well yes indeed and it's quite surprising in some sense that migration is still sort of still such a central issue because the number of migrants reaching germany and even reaching europe has gone down drastically since its peak in late two thousand and fifteen and the restrictive policies that are going to marcos government has been implementing in the last months and years have also led to a much much more severe dealing with asylum seekers refugees and migrants in germany so in a sense many of the demands that the opposition has made have been a factor max made by an article about the agenda is driven mainly by the right wing populist alternative for germany party which is now the biggest opposition party in parliament and also obviously within nuckols own government there are conservative coalition partners from bavaria including the interior minister horse there who far who have als