http://hotair.com/archives/2018/06/13/merkels-open-border-policies-hot-water/
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is fresh off one of the most contentious elections she's ever faced. After hanging onto her office for another term, Merkel struggled to put together a governing coalition, with most of her opposition citing her open border policies and support of EU mandates regarding the absorption of millions of migrants, mainly from Syria and Iraq. The formerly loyal Christian Social Union, a Bavarian party which traditionally had aligned with Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, began to revolt last year. Their leader, Horst Seehofer, took the position of Interior Minister in March of this year and was tasked with coming up with some answers to the refugee problem. That hasn't happened yet but Seehofer is once again at odds with Merkel after publically calling for some migrants to be turned away at the border. ...
This remains an ongoing political nightmare for Merkel. She may have secured another term in office, but the attitude of her citizens hasn't really changed. A study published just this past January found that a more than ten percent increase in violent crime in Germany was almost entirely attributed to young Syrian migrants taking up residence in the southern part of the nation. At the same time, three-quarters of the refugees are projected to be unemployed and living off government benefits for years to come. Too many of the new arrivals are utterly failing to assimilate into German culture, learn the language or embrace the nation's values.
Small wonder that most Germans still want an answer other than the one Merkel is offering. You should expect to see growing support for Horst Seehofer's proposal in the weeks to come.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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