Understanding Europe

File photo: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that the European Union will propose an emergency framework to prevent a sudden influx of irregular migrant arrivals into the bloc | Photo : Yves Herman / Reuters
DW has been canvassing opinion across Saxony Anhalt, following state elections there, here three men, an entrepreneur, an AfD supporter and a migrant doctor talk about their reactions to the vote | Source: Screenshot DW
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