Posted on 03/05/2017 9:10:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
As thousands of refugees walked to Germany in September 2015, Merkel’s government was ready to close the border, a report has found. The plan was stopped at the last minute only because no one wanted the responsibility.
“Wir schaffen das,” or “We can do this” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the peak of the European refugee crisis in the fall of 2015. It’s a phrase the chancellor has held on to since those decisive months and repeated like a mantra. It’s a phrase that advocates have praised and critics have abhorred — but it’s also a phrase the chancellor may have doubted herself even as she was saying it, according to a report published on Sunday.
A new report from the German newspaper “Welt am Sonntag” found that, contrary to prior information, Merkel and her grand coalition government planned to close the border with Austria and turn away asylum-seekers in mid-September 2015. […]
Indeed, in the original draft order to Germany’s federal police force, the government instructed officers to reject migrants who did not have the required papers — “also in cases of asylum-seekers.” However, members of the Interior Ministry questioned the legality of the border closure and rejection of asylum-seekers on September 13. [Interior Minister Thomas] De Maizière called Merkel to update her on the situation. …
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I believe that the EeeeeU told them they couldn’t.
The EU is run by Germany. There is not a single instance of “the EU” telling Germany it must do anything. The EU is the 4th Reich, run by and for Germany.
Correct. Whatever was decided on this score was all done in Berlin and Karlsruhe.
Communist mantra also echoed by Obama in “Yes we can”
> Communist mantra also echoed by Obama in “Yes we can” <
Which was supposed to be followed by President Hillary’s “Yes you will”. Fortunately 304 electors thought otherwise.
We already knew Merkel is a cowardly weasel but this adds an interesting twist.
I spend a lot of time in Southern Germany and the tidal wave of refugees that came through in late Summer-Autumn 2015, isn’t as big of deal as Freepers make out.
Even one is too big of a deal.
you think FDR’s refusing to allow Refugees entry into the US in 1936 was a good thing ?
Those were genuine refugees; false comparison.
you seen photos of Alleppo ?
Aleppo has nothing to do with the situation in Europe. That’s the canard.
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