Understanding Europe

Mustafa Groener is a German member of Saxony Anhalt's parliament for Die Linke, the Left party. As he explains in this video, he himself has roots outside Germany, from his Moroccan-born mother | Source: DW Screenshot
Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate for the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, is confident he will get the mandate to form a government | Photo: Annegret Hilse/Reuters
Within the Schengen area, people are meant to be allowed to roam freely | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/J. Warnand
The Spanish government has announced that authorities are working to expand temporary migrant accommodation and provide additional resources to manage the situation in Ceuta | Photo: AP Photo/Antonio Sempere - Antonio Sempere
Police stand guard as migrants gather near a makeshift beach camp to be relocated to official shelters across the city after authorities cleared the site, following a mass crossing from Morocco, in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, August 20, 2026 | Photo: REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura