Chancellor Friedrich Merz in his government's first exposé assured that Germany would be a solid and predictable partner in European abroad and safety policy. Poland, like France, will play a central function in German politics.
"Our large neighbour in the East will play the same central function as France in the European policy of this German government," said Friedrich Merz on Wednesday in the Bundestag. As he pointed out, his visit to Paris and Warsaw, the day after the oath, intended to item the importance of both countries – France and Poland.
80 years after the end of planet War II, freedom in Europe is threatened as never before – said Merz. He powerfully criticized Russia for "breaking all the rules". Russian soldiers “kill and murder”, including civilians. The result of the war in Ukraine will decide whether the law will prevail in Europe or whether tyranny will prevail. "This war is about peace architecture on our continent," stressed the Chancellor.
Merz assured that Germany will proceed to support Ukraine. He warned that his country was not “the side of this war.” "However, we are not just neutral intermediaries between the fronts," he stressed. "We stand on the side of Ukraine. We will stand firm against any effort to divide democratic European countries" – he said. The Chancellor spoke out against “a peace that is indeed a dictatorship” for Ukraine. He assured that Germany, along with its partners, including America, will search a fair end to the war. Merz did not take a position on arms for the Ukrainian army, including Taurus long-range missiles. In his election run as a candidate for Chancellor, he called on the erstwhile government to hand over the Tauruses.
Merz quoted Helmut Kohl, who, saying goodbye to Pope John Paul II in 1993, said that Europe is “a community of values and culture”.
Friedrich Merz Chancellor of Germany
Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary club Jens Spahn said that visits to Paris and Warsaw as well as the joint journey of the leaders of 4 countries (Germany, France, large Britain and Poland) to Kiev opened a "new era of German diplomacy". "Germany is back," Spahn said.
Green club head Katharina Droege rated Merz's visit to Warsaw. But who came up with the thought to start turning immigrants from the border on the day of their visit to Poland, which “extremely upset” Tusk? The actions of the German government mean, in practice, the termination of the migration pact.
In an exposé on migration policy, the Chancellor announced that his government would support countries whose borders are at the same time the external borders of the European Union in the fight against illegal immigration. The head of the German government did not give any details of this plan. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for reinforcement of the EU's external borders during Merz's visit to Warsaw last week.
Referring to the issue of migration, Merz said that Germany "was, is and will remain" a host country. The people who live here, work here, get German citizenship, are “an integral part” of German society.
The Chancellor noted that in the last 10 years, "excessive, uncontrollable migration" has been allowed for low-skilled people who have entered the labour marketplace and social safety systems.
"We order migration, reducing the influx, expanding the number of people turned and returned and improving control. We do not act on our own, on the contrary, we act in accordance with global law."We agree with our neighbours that external borders should be consistently protected. We will assist countries at the external borders in this task. We are consistently implementing the EU's migration reform. We want to make conditions for asylum proceedings in 3rd countries together with our European partners."
The block of the Chadecki parties won the parliamentary election on 23 February. Bundestag elected Merza on 6 May in a second vote as head of the coalition government of CDU/CSU with the Social Democratic SPD.
Source: PAP
