Source: The New York Times
By Katrin Bennhold and Melissa Eddy
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel, who staked her legacy on welcoming hundreds of thousands of migrants into Germany, agreed on Monday to build border camps for asylum seekers and to tighten the border with Austria in a political deal to save her government.
It was a spectacular turnabout for a leader who has been seen as the standard-bearer of the liberal European order but who has come under intense pressure at home from the far right and from conservatives in her governing coalition over her migration policy.
Although the move to appease the conservatives exposed her growing political weakness, Ms. Merkel will limp on as chancellor. For how long is unclear. The nationalism and anti-migrant sentiment that has challenged multilateralism elsewhere in Europe is taking root — fast — in mainstream German politics.
Categories: European Union, Germany, Immigration, Politics, The Muslim Times
When will the Western Countries concentrate to stop agression in order to stop the need for refugees to leave their war-torn countries? Would it not be cheaper than to build walls and refugee reception centers?