German Migration Talks Collapse Amid CDU’s Call for Stronger Border Control
The government and centre-right CDU are trying to outbid each other in toughness, as the anti-immigration AfD looks likely to win another regional election.
The government and centre-right CDU are trying to outbid each other in toughness, as the anti-immigration AfD looks likely to win another regional election.
Media reports suggest that a grand coalition between the centre-right and centre-left is already forming.
The plan has already led to a backlash from neighbors, while critics at home say it is too little too late.
Voters view migration as the number one concern, but for establishment parties, the priority is preventing the AfD from becoming the strongest force in the state.
With its ‘firewall’ against the AfD, the CDU stubbornly clings to a losing left-wing coalition.
Many see the appointment of veteran Eurocrat Barnier as out of step with large swathes of the electorate—even those who now crave political stability.
Although the UK abandoned it, the idea of processing migrants in third countries is gaining popularity in Europe.
Tusk’s opponents called the move by the state an attempt to “eliminate the only strong opposition party.”
At last, the name Michel Barnier has come out of the hat, but the road map is still not clear.
The new PM is known as a cold technocrat, marked by his long years in Brussels.
While President Macron is searching for his new PM, the zombie former government still rules the country—without any real control or authority.
The big question following AfD’s successful results is: who will govern Saxony and Thuringia?
Anti-globalist parties AfD and Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht are set to profit from the failures of the mainstream parties.
The VP’s campaign “was RIGHT to hide her from the press,” independent journalist concludes.
S&D hypocrites want greater representation while working to exclude the Patriots from all positions of authority.
Ursula von der Leyen wants a gender-balanced cabinet even at the expense of sovereignty and democracy.
Emmanuel Macron wants to preserve the ‘institutional stability’ he undermined by opting for dissolution straight after the European parliamentary elections.
“America, Britain, France, and other partners have the power to help us stop terrorism”—but if heeded these pleas from the president could escalate the conflict.
If adopted, the measure would let the Netherlands follow in the footsteps of others, including Sweden, Denmark, and Germany.
“Some things will have to be changed in EU law,” the German chancellor claimed.
The attack is just the latest in a series of incidents against France’s Jewish community.
Swedish study of similar program calls it “risky and best avoided.”
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