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Idk why people are acting like he’s insufficiently German, he’s lived in Germany longer than the modern country has existed

That's what happens when a government is either too corrupt or too incompetent to tackle the real issues. Things get worse, people get mad, populists rise and, at some point, try to grab power.

I really hope todays politicians get the message. The problem is not that populists are there. They won't just go away, no matter how hard you campaign against them. The problem is that you give them power by failing your country and the people within.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received.

Karamba Diaby, 62, who entered the Bundestag in 2013 in a moment hailed as historic by equality campaigners, said he wanted to spend more time with his family and to make room for younger politicians.

In interviews, Diaby has emphasised an increasingly hostile mood in parliament and society, blaming the 2017 entry of the far-right populist AfD to the Bundestag.

“Since 2017, the tone in the German parliament has become harsher,” he told the Berlin Playbook podcast of the news magazine Politico.

“The hatred that the AfD sows every day with its misanthropic narratives is reflected in concrete psychological and physical violence.

Writing to party colleagues on Tuesday, Diaby promised to remain active in the SPD, especially in the 15 months leading to the election, saying: “We face big challenges and hard work.”

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