Politics

Migration - cross-period delta

Each cell shows the same fraction's pattern density in WP20 (top), WP21 (middle), and the delta. Orange cell = pattern grew after the Feb 2025 election. Blue cell = pattern shrank. Click any cell to read those speeches.

Rhetorical pattern AfD
WP20: 116 . WP21: 129 speeches
CDU/CSU
WP20: 128 . WP21: 115 speeches
Linke
WP20: 47 . WP21: 98 speeches
Grüne
WP20: 163 . WP21: 110 speeches
SPD
WP20: 107 . WP21: 107 speeches
Gefahrentopos
Migration framed as a security threat. Crime, terror, danger.
WP20 15.0 WP21 9.0 -6.0 WP20 7.4 WP21 4.8 -2.6 WP20 11.0 WP21 2.9 -8.0 WP20 6.3 WP21 7.0 +0.7 WP20 2.7 WP21 7.7 +5.0
Belastungstopos
Migration as a burden on the welfare state, housing, schools.
WP20 6.7 WP21 10.2 +3.5 WP20 6.2 WP21 3.6 -2.6 WP20 2.7 WP21 6.1 +3.4 WP20 1.7 WP21 2.6 +0.9 WP20 1.2 WP21 2.8 +1.6
Nutzentopos
Migration as a benefit: skilled labour, growth, demographics.
WP20 4.3 WP21 2.0 -2.2 WP20 2.2 WP21 2.7 +0.5 WP20 2.8 WP21 2.6 -0.2 WP20 5.9 WP21 2.4 -3.4 WP20 5.4 WP21 3.6 -1.8
Schadentopos
Damage and decline caused by bad migration policy.
WP20 3.0 WP21 3.0 +0.0 WP20 1.6 WP21 0.9 -0.7 WP20 2.7 WP21 1.1 -1.7 WP20 1.7 WP21 3.1 +1.4 WP20 1.1 WP21 0.9 -0.2
Humanitätstopos
Humanitarian duty: asylum, refugees, human dignity.
WP20 5.6 WP21 9.1 +3.5 WP20 8.2 WP21 12.5 +4.3 WP20 20.3 WP21 9.9 -10.4 WP20 12.1 WP21 10.7 -1.4 WP20 6.7 WP21 11.5 +4.8
Kulturtopos
Cultural identity, integration, national values, language.
WP20 3.7 WP21 2.6 -1.1 WP20 1.6 WP21 1.3 -0.3 WP20 2.9 WP21 1.5 -1.3 WP20 0.8 WP21 1.3 +0.5 WP20 1.3 WP21 3.7 +2.4
Rechtsstaatstopos
Rule of law: laws, courts, enforcement, due process.
WP20 44.5 WP21 27.1 -17.3 WP20 17.2 WP21 25.7 +8.6 WP20 15.1 WP21 8.1 -6.9 WP20 14.4 WP21 11.4 -2.9 WP20 10.7 WP21 13.5 +2.8
Mißbrauchstopos
Abuse of the asylum system: bogus claims, fraud.
WP20 3.9 WP21 4.9 +1.0 WP20 0.4 WP21 4.3 +3.9 WP20 0.8 WP21 0.6 -0.3 WP20 2.0 WP21 1.0 -1.1 WP20 1.3 WP21 3.6 +2.3
FlutMetapher
Flood metaphors: wave, stream, mass. Dehumanising scale imagery.
WP20 2.1 WP21 2.7 +0.6 WP20 2.0 WP21 0.7 -1.2 WP20 0.0 WP21 0.3 +0.3 WP20 0.5 WP21 0.3 -0.2 WP20 0.2 WP21 0.0 -0.2
EigenVsFremdgruppe
Us vs them: our people against outsiders or foreigners.
WP20 7.0 WP21 4.1 -2.9 WP20 4.9 WP21 2.9 -2.0 WP20 0.6 WP21 2.1 +1.5 WP20 2.1 WP21 2.9 +0.8 WP20 1.3 WP21 4.3 +3.0