Remigration feared as an EU citizen in Germany

Hi everyone, 

This is the first time I have logged on to WSO in more than half a decade but I want to share you some concerns I may have about Germany's current woes and check a few plan B's.

I'm from Greece, born and raised. In 2020, then 25, I decided to leave Greece because I saw no future for me - highest youth unemployment rate in the EU, highest depression rate in the EU, horrendous salaries for COL, no prospects for establishing a family etc. So I took a student loan and a German gov't scholarship and emigrated to Germany for my masters. It was a strenuous time, because I was stressed whether I would be able to find a job after my master and I was facing a lot of problems personally (no need to delve deeper, but let's just say I was not in the best state of mind). Fast forward to 2023 -  it is in that year that I have managed to find my own apartment, saving money, and now my only problem is the lack of a girlfriend and of a car - everything else in life, I have, and I need to see how I can attract women in a culture different to mine (I, for some reason, seem to attract Greek, Balkan, Eastern European, and French women without many problems, but in Germany things are not easy at all - but I will find a way). I have made it to a BB in anti-financial crime. I make more than €70,000 p.a. (in Greece most people my generation will be happy to work for 700€ or 1,000€ per month net). With the new citizenship law (I have the C2 in German and I have volunteered and studied in Germany) I will apply for naturalization as a German as soon as the law enters into effect. Even though I failed to become an officer in the Greek Army (because I sucked at physics) and/or become an operator in the Greek Special Forces (hiring freeze for a lot of years and when they finally started hiring, they lowered the age limit from 28 to 25 and I was slightly over the limit, so I was not permitted to apply, so that dream died ungloriously), I did manage to break into finance in Frankfurt. For that, I am proud.

However, Germany is not well. Besides the economy going to ****, the AfD are on the rise and are talking about remigration of immigrant populations, the existence or not of German nationals among them notwithstanding. I am paying into the highest tax bracket in Germany and receive no government benefits whatsoever. Nevertheless, I am concerned that the AfD would later go after EU citizens and I am saying this: I ain't going back to Greece. I am happy in Germany and I am more than happy to integrate into German society. But, if the Germans unilaterally decide to dispense with my services, I need to have a plan B in this case this happens. 

My thought would be to move to France, a sister nation of Greece (special relationship, Rafale jets, frigates, francophone education at Greek schools etc, etc), or Cyprus (they are to us Greeks what Switzerland is to Germans; very low taxes, same language but different dialect). But I want to see what other options exist out there.

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