German coalition rifts deepen as Merkel ally threatens legal steps Reuters
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies, deepening a coalition rift over refugee policies, threatened on Tuesday to take her government to court if their demand to stem the flow of asylum seekers is not met.
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The letter with the threat of court action was faxed to Merkel on Tuesday, the Bavarian chancellery said, and she had until Friday to respond before Seehofer would publish it.
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Seehofer said on Monday he would "exhaust all political and legal means" to change the Berlin government's course. But Merkel has resisted growing demands to cap the number of asylum seekers.
Instead she tried to convince other European countries to take in quotas of refugees, pushed for reception centers at Europe's external borders and advocated for a deal with Turkey to keep refugees from entering the bloc.
The government's inability to agree on joint measures in the refugee crisis has seen Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party gain support over recent weeks. The latest INSA poll, published by newspaper Bild on Tuesday, showed that 13 percent of German voters supported the anti-immigrant party - its highest level of support yet.
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She is not listening to her people. They want to stop the flow of migrants into the country and she refuses to hear their concerns. I think this is going to be her downfall.
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coyote
(1,561 posts)This is turning to be a disaster. Bavaria is being overridden by these refugees and the towns simply cannot cope. I will gladly vote for a party on the right if they implement a sensible immigration policy. Swinging the doors open and letting in 1 million refugees was plain stupidity.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)are turning against her because of this every day. Germany just doesn't have the resources to take on unlimited amounts of young, males, unskilled migrants that don't speak the language. It's a recipe for disaster.
coyote
(1,561 posts)My wife was at a town meeting tonight because they are talking about putting up the refugees at the elementary school auditorium. people asked how that would work. The town said that their would be security there. Absolutely crazy...entertaining the idea of place the refugees with 6-9 year old children.
One man basically told the mayor to please give us advance notice if this is going to take place, because he will take his child out and place him in a private school.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)German birth rate declining; need lots of new, desperate workers to keep wages in the dirt.
The billionaires are calling the shots in Germany too.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)the generous German social benefits? Many of them are going to end up costing taxpayers even more.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Immigrants have babies who can be trained and younger immigrants can be trained, as well.
Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)I see talk of closing borders here and there, basically trying to keep them in Greece, I guess -- but that's no solution at all. None of the proposed EU measures will do much at all, it seems to me. Just stop up people at certain bottlenecks.
This academic outlines what needs to be done to stop the flow:
http://www.dw.com/en/merkel-miscalculated-european-partners-in-refugee-crisis/a-19002181
The only way to stop the influx now would be to throw huge amounts on money at Syria's neighbors to really improve the situation for refugees there. And at the same time you would need to start a huge social media campaign and tell people, that they should not come to Europe because they are not welcome any more.
Is anyone in Germany demanding that Merkel do this? Is it an allowable topic of discussion?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"She has very few allies at the moment, because other than in the euro crisis, the arrival of all these refugees is really tangible for many people. It is the perception of all these people coming to Europe, that makes for their sense of crisis. So the other heads of government think of their voters and act in the national interest only. And also there is a real sense that Merkel should not have opened the borders. Many of them really blame her for what is happening."
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"If the EU's plans to manage the refugee crisis are falling apart, what will happen next? Will we face a doomsday scenario for Europe? Or would that be exaggerating the situation?"
"No. It really is very serious. If things go on like this, Schäuble will, in the end, press ahead with his idea of a two-speed Europe. We really do risk losing the euro and the common market.
This is about Europe's future. We are not exaggerating if we talk like that. And it looks as if in the end there will be no support for Merkel and this situation shows how weak we really are. The whole thing, everything we have built during the last decades, can come tumbling down. And I am not sure whether the majority of the other heads of government have understood what this would mean. We don't know what could actually happen in Europe in the near future."
840high
(17,196 posts)has a terrible mess on her hands.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)Merkel is a nutter with a hidden agenda. She isn't going to change course.
Why are the German people waiting so long to do anything about this disaster?
It should've been apparent from day one.
It just takes common sense to know that the media, celebrities and politicians are leading you over a cliff.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That she's actually lost it or is in the stages of senile dementia or something. She seems to have thrown all caution to the wind and it's only getting worse.
thereismore
(13,326 posts)on EU country. I don't understand why she is so blind.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)in a very short time span.
thereismore
(13,326 posts)contest. But yeah, her goose is cooked.
