German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made headlines in October 2025 with his comment about the “problem in the cityscape” caused by, according to conservative-right voices, the influx of migration starting ten years ago (Grasnick). He reiterates and underpins a broader attitude in German society that perceives the diversity of nationalities among German whiteness as a problem. This is not only regarded as an issue in Germany but is viewed as a threat to the imagined white hegemony in Europe. In this logic, migration to and diasporic presences in Europe are viewed as a problem in their power to undermine such constructions.…