Irregular migration: How Merz and Dobrindt are getting themselves into an asylum dilemma
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|Should we declare a state of emergency or not? The Chancellor and the Interior Minister are at odds over the planned tighter border controls. European neighbors and border guards are annoyed. Will Merz stumble over his next election promise?
A new leader always represents new energy, said António Costa, President of the Council of the European Union, as he welcomed Friedrich Merz to Brussels. However, during his inaugural visit to the heart of Europe, Merz, the new German Chancellor, must first devote some of his energy to clearing up a misunderstanding from the previous day: A rumor had spread that the German government was declaring a national emergency to protect its borders. This would have been a solo effort—and not at all European.
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