Aug 8, 2021 06:12
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the killing focused minds on the right of the CDU
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The text revolves the killing of the right extremist to ones defending immigration in GErmany.
I cannot understand 'minds' and 'on the right' here. Do 'minds' mean people? people who are in the right wing of CDU Party?
Thank you in advance to all helpful brilliant peers!
I cannot understand 'minds' and 'on the right' here. Do 'minds' mean people? people who are in the right wing of CDU Party?
Thank you in advance to all helpful brilliant peers!
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the killing concentrated/focused the attention of rightwing CDU politicians
Here right of the CDU is metonymy for the politicians in the CDU who are more conservative than the average. What is missing from the source is what attention was shifted to, but that is in the rest of the text.
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philgoddard
: No, their attention wasn't shifted to anything. 'Focused minds' means gave them food for thought.
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Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Countryhttps://books.google.com › books
John Kampfner · 2020 · Political Science
23 The killing focused minds on the right of the CDU. Some senior politicians, including those vying for the chancellor's mantle, had in previous months ...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2021-08-08 13:09:43 GMT)
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https://books.google.be/books?id=WkXXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&lpg=P...
John Kampfner · 2020 · Political Science
23 The killing focused minds on the right of the CDU. Some senior politicians, including those vying for the chancellor's mantle, had in previous months ...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2021-08-08 13:09:43 GMT)
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https://books.google.be/books?id=WkXXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&lpg=P...
Note from asker:
| Thank you very much |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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philgoddard
: Thanks - but I can't see the surrounding text.
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you have to look at the second Url posted: https://books.google.be/books?id=WkXXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&lpg=P...
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Emmanuella
: Thanks.
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Reference:
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Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country
https://books.google.com › books
John Kampfner · 2020 · Political Science
The authorities' increased vigilance against hate crimes from right-wing extremists did not stop the threats and attacks. Reker, Cologne's mayor, let it be known that, even after Lübke's murder, she wasgetting more death threats than ever. The AfD was careful to distance itself, accusing mainstream politics and the media of exploiting such incidents to denigrate it - and of causing the problems in the first place. "If ther had been no illegal opening of borders through Chancellor Merkel," a press release noted, "then Walter Lübke would still be alive."23 The killing focused minds on the right of the CDU. Some senior politicians, including those vying for the chancellor's mantle, had in previous months been flirting with populist language to describe the refugee problem. They quickly swung back. One of those was Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who in an effort to distance herself from Merkel had projected herself as the tough-talking, anti-political-correctness candidate. She now made clear than any talkof electoral deals in the regions with the AfD was impossible and that any politician who might even consider going into a coalition with that party "should close his eyes and think about Walter Lübke".24
https://books.google.com › books
John Kampfner · 2020 · Political Science
The authorities' increased vigilance against hate crimes from right-wing extremists did not stop the threats and attacks. Reker, Cologne's mayor, let it be known that, even after Lübke's murder, she wasgetting more death threats than ever. The AfD was careful to distance itself, accusing mainstream politics and the media of exploiting such incidents to denigrate it - and of causing the problems in the first place. "If ther had been no illegal opening of borders through Chancellor Merkel," a press release noted, "then Walter Lübke would still be alive."23 The killing focused minds on the right of the CDU. Some senior politicians, including those vying for the chancellor's mantle, had in previous months been flirting with populist language to describe the refugee problem. They quickly swung back. One of those was Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who in an effort to distance herself from Merkel had projected herself as the tough-talking, anti-political-correctness candidate. She now made clear than any talkof electoral deals in the regions with the AfD was impossible and that any politician who might even consider going into a coalition with that party "should close his eyes and think about Walter Lübke".24
Note from asker:
| thanks so much |
Discussion
It could mean 'focused public attention on' or 'provided food for thought for' those on the right of the CDU.