It's been 10 years since Merkel's controversial decision. That's what Germany says about her today

natemat.pl 2 months ago

German newspapers comment, among others, on Chancellor Merkel's decision to accept refugees 10 years ago. In 2015, erstwhile she spoke on migration policy, she said words that went into past – "We can do this." This is how commentators justice this decision after years.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) notes that the erstwhile Chancellor inactive claims that she did the right thing and that Germany has achieved much since then.

"It's not true. (...) However, 1 cannot neglect to see where mass immigration has exceeded the capabilities of the German state – wherever it has previously had weaknesses and inactive has them: in the fight against crime, in the simplification of social parasitism, and in schools where direction is set for life."

"AfD should be grateful to the erstwhile Chancellor for providing her with a subject that helped the organization to rapidly grow popularity. Merkel here could, with all her modesty, quit "we" and say, "I did it."

The subject is besides commented by regional press. For example, the diary "Münchner Mercury": "Ten years after the failed experimentation 'Wir schaffen das' ('We Can Deal') physicist Angela Merkel did not become smarter. She doesn't think her country is overloaded. Given the stubbornness with which Merkel defends another erroneous decisions made during his 16-year term, from concessions to Putin to resignation from atomic power, this insolence cannot surprise anyone."

"However, for millions of German citizens who face the consequences of her policies all day, specified as expanding crime and the advancement of the far right, her conviction of her own infallibility is simply a slap on the cheek. alternatively of silence, the erstwhile chancellor criticizes border controls by which her successor tries to organize chaos. Even 4 years after the end of his term, it is hard to endure this chancellor".

Similarly critical is the commentary of the diary "Rhein-Zeitung" from Koblence: "In retrospect we must admit: we failed. This is evidenced by the success of the AfD – a organization that wins votes with the slogans 'remigration'. Refugees who needed protection were idealized, portrayed as qualified workers who would contribute to the country's economical development".

"However, whenever government actions are presented as the only possible solution despite increasing criticism, at any point anger becomes stronger than fear. Then the step to AfD is not that big. There are 2 crucial lessons from this period: society should be active in specified crucial decisions in good time and should not be left alone with their consequences."

The diary "Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung" from Heidelberg analyses: "On no another substance is the difference between the incumbent CDU Chancellor Friedrich Merzem and his predecessor Angela Merkel so clear. Merkel was a supporter of immigration and saw the 2015/16 exile crisis as an opportunity. Merz present demands from his coalitionist, SPD, a 'critical course towards migration'."

"However, it is not mentioned that without immigrants our economical strategy would collapse. Nor is it said that the labour force rate among refugees 10 years ago is almost as advanced as in the remainder of the population. The designation of immigration as essential is not a romanticism of abroad cultures, but an expression of realism. Of course, quite a few things haven't gone well in the last decade. But the war in Ukraine – in order to give just 1 example – is simply a burden on society much more than benefits for refugees from Ukraine or another countries. With Merkel, much has been achieved. Merz inactive has to act".