Merkel Last-Ditch Migrant Deal Reopens EU Deep Divisions
[AnNahar] German Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom . Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslems ..
came under fire Tuesday from EU partners after she agreed to push back migrants colonists in a last-ditch deal to save her fragile government, a move that also threatened to unleash a domino effect of European nations shutting refugees out.
In high-stakes crisis talks overnight, Merkel put down a rebellion by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer with an agreement to tighten border controls and set up closed "transit centers" to hold migrants colonists on the Austrian frontier.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-04 |