Fearing the immigrant vote? : AKP’s political echo sparks controversy in Germany
New political parties are founded all the time. Most of them never reach a significant share of the vote and eventually give up. So why did the newly founded ‘Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening’ (Demokratische Allianz für Vielfalt und Aufbruch, DAVA) provoke a backlash in Germany? Various government heavyweights as well as opposition politicians reacted with disapproving statements –