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Schauble warns of refugee 'avalanche' in dig at Merkel
Financial Times (UK) ^ | Stefan Wagstyl in Berlin

Posted on 11/12/2015 5:33:41 AM PST by RoosterRedux

Germany may be facing "an avalanche" of refugees triggered by "careless" actions, Wolfgang Schauble, the country's powerful finance minister, has warned in a thinly-veiled criticism of his boss, chancellor Angela Merkel.

Mr Schauble's provocative remarks come as Ms Merkel faces mounting criticism from within her ruling CDU/CSU conservative bloc and growing public concern about her "refugees welcome" approach.

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If Ms Merkel were forced out, Mr Schauble's allies see him as a likely successor: he is Germany's second most powerful leader and an increasingly critical voice on refugee policy.

But at the age of 73 he is considered too old to be more than a temporary chancellor. Also, he has, like Ms Merkel, emphasised that the crisis can be solved only through EU-wide co-operation--and that this will take time.

Mr Schauble has repeatedly sworn his loyalty to Ms Merkel. But MPs say he cannot forget that he was groomed for the top job for years by former chancellor Helmut Kohl only to find himself embroiled in 2000 in a party financing scandal. That opened the way for the previously little-known Ms Merkel to take over the CDU party and, later, the chancellery.

(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: merkel; schauble

1 posted on 11/12/2015 5:33:41 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

I guess you can call an invasion an “avalanche”. It wipes out and destroys everything in its path.


2 posted on 11/12/2015 5:36:32 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#blackfridaysmatter)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m still amazed that demented old woman is still is still the German Chancellor. She needs to go... now.


3 posted on 11/12/2015 5:36:50 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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4 posted on 11/12/2015 6:11:06 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Illegal journalists driving down press wages would be reported as an economic calamity. ~ Cruz)
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To: RoosterRedux
The Chancellor has no clothes.

Now get that image out of your mind.

5 posted on 11/12/2015 6:17:36 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Mark Steyn: Manifest Destiny in the New Wild West:

Germans have a fertility rate of 1.3 children per couple. European Muslims are estimated to have approximately 3.5. Let's keep the math simple with nice round numbers:

Total population: 100 million.
Native Germans: 80 million.
Muslims: 20 million.

The 80 million Germans will have 52 million children and 34 million grandchildren. The 20 million Muslims will have 35 million children and 61 million grandchildren. So in two generations there will be twice as many Muslims as Germans.
Germany is as good as gone.
6 posted on 11/12/2015 6:23:13 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Guess the Germans can’t do math any more. Have they been teaching JEB’s Common Core?


7 posted on 11/12/2015 6:39:00 AM PST by txrefugee
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