Tag: Bavaria
Germany appears to be on a collision course between those who accept the idea of being the world’s welcome center for refugees, and those who think Germany must not only close its borders, but perhaps even send back many refugees. After all, if the German people “do not like instability,” then the specter of their borders being violated on a daily basis such be simply unacceptable to them.
A weakened Merkel will not be in a position to assist in maintaining the status quo. How can she present a united front to Italy if a wave of nationalism is gripping Germany?
The process of European integration may be frozen or even pushed back instead of making strides ahead as the German chancellor wants it to.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz is quitting his job in Strasbourg and aiming for higher office in Berlin. Schulz, who, in 2003, was likened by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to a Nazi concentration camp guard, appears ready to take the helm of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in a gambit to prevent Germany from joining the ranks of the anti-European Union nations in Europe…
