2021, issue 46, Christian Schramm and Paul-Fiete Kramer: As of 6th April 2020, most German borders are closed. Covid-19 has shut down almost the entire globe. In Germany, as in other countries, economic activities are reduced to an absolute minimum. But today, after pressure from the farmers’ association and even calls from the nationalist and anti-immigrant party AfD, the interior minister announces that temporary agricultural workers will be flown in from Eastern European countries to ensure the harvesting of fruits and vegetables of the season.
