Posted on 08/31/2025 12:42:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A decade ago today, on 31 August 2015, Angela Merkel made the unilateral decision to open Europe’s borders. The rallying cry of the German Chancellor has gone down in history: ‘Wir schaffen das’ – ‘We can do this’. If we can’t, she added, ‘if Europe fails on the question of refugees, then it won’t be the Europe we wished for’.
Merkel was motivated by conflict in the Middle East, notably in Syria and Iraq, but her invitation to seek refuge in Europe was seized on by many others. Of the estimated 1.3 million people who flooded into Europe in 2015, there were vast numbers of Afghans, Pakistanis, Iraqis, Nigerians, Moroccans, Algerians and Eritreans.
And they kept arriving. Between 2015 and 2017, Germany accepted 1.4 million migrants. France took in 276,000, Italy 240,000 and Sweden 205,000. At the time, most European leaders – except Hungary’s Viktor Orban – were supportive of Merkel. France’s Socialist prime minister in 2015, Manuel Valls, told parliament that the Republic would not be found wanting:
France, faithful to its values, knows who it is… . It is France’s duty to welcome those who are persecuted for their ideas or exposed to risks to their integrity.
In 2023 though, Valls declared that ‘on immigration, we must press the “stop” button’.
That button hasn’t been pressed. After a brief diminution during the Covid pandemic, illegal immigration into Europe has accelerated in the last two years. Last week, authorities on the Canary Islands requested more help from Frontex, the EU’s border agency, because of the number of migrants arriving from Africa.
This week, nearly 800 migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa in a 24-hour period. Illegal immigration from France to England has reached record levels.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-disappointed-merkels-words-minsk-140859136.html
“ Putin disappointed by Merkel’s words about Minsk agreements
Ukrainska Pravda
Fri, December 9, 2022 at 9:08 AM EST
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has been disappointed by the statement of German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, where she claimed that the Minsk agreements of 2014 enabled Ukraine to prepare for the war with Russia.”
Yep. I lived there when she opened the flood gates. The most vile filthy savages were dumped in every village in the country try. The worst of the worst from Africa and the Muslim world came in droves. The first thing they did was desecration and vandalize the churches. Second was rob the stores. Third was bully the citizens. Im not sure how the west Germans were but the east Germans were pissed. BUT, Merkel had the polizei arrest any German who dared complain. I lost my residency to make room for her imported turds. I taught flight control engineering at the technical schools so not like I was a freeloader.
She has no kids so doesn’t care about the legacy she leaves. She is a stasi goon who was selected to destroy Germamy for the sake of Marx.
You mean the Austrian?
The Turks hated the new invaders when I lived there. They had assimilated and became Germans. The new batch are conqueres.
AfD is the strongest in what was formerly known as East Germany.
It's possible for Germany to split up and they'll go back to what it was like in 1989.
Even toward the end of her reign she stated the multiculturalism has failed. By then it was too late.
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