Friday, April 29, 2016

Europeans have had enough

Shockwaves across Europe as far-right party wins Austrian election by Katie Mansfield, 4/25/16

THE LEADER of an anti-migrant party has taken pole position in the Austrian presidential elections - paving the way for the disruption to the two-party government system which has ruled the country since 1945.

Norbert Hofer, the candidate for Austria's right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ), won 36.4 per cent of the vote, and will face an independent candidate in the final vote next month. 
It was the Freedom Party's best result in a national election and comes after a campaign that focused on the impact of the migrant crisis.

More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Austria since last summer. The migrant crisis has divided the country and, in a major U-turn, the government, who initially backed German chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy, shut Austria’s borders. 

FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache said: "This is the beginning of a new political era. Today political history is being written in Austria."

“One thing has become clear here - a huge and massive dissatisfaction with the government... I am convinced that as president, Norbert Hofer, will act as protector of the Austrian people.”

Hofer, who has run an anti-immigrant and anti-Europe campaign will now go head-to-head with environmentalist and pro-refugee Alexander van der Bellen on May 22 for the president post, which is largely a ceremonial role. 

The result, if confirmed in the next round, means that for the first time since 1945, Austria will not have a president backed by either the left leaning SPÖ or the conservative ÖVP.

Concerns have been raised if Hofer is elected he could push to bring forward a parliamentary election due to take place in 2018 as support for his party has surged in the wake of the migrant crisis. 

Hofer’s success marks the first time that neither of the main ruling parties have been in the running for the presidency since the Second World War.

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Obama PRAISES Merkel for handling of migrant crisis but Germans want her OUT, by Rebecca Perring, 4/25/16

 

BARACK OBAMA has praised Angela Merkel for her handling of the escalating EU migrant crisis despite growing cracks in the German chancellor’s power base as her approval ratings plummet over her immigration stance.


During a visit to Hannover, the US president said: “She is on the right side of history on this. "In this globalized world, it is very difficult for us to simply build walls.”

His remarks come amid an increasingly fractious debate over radical Islamism in Germany, sparked by Mrs Merkel's ill-fated open door asylum policy. 

Shocking opinion polls delivered a crushing blow to the
German Chancellor as it was revealed Mrs. Merkel's conservatives lost in two out of three state elections.

Germans appear to be punishing her accommodative refugee policy.

More than 1.1 million migrants entered Germany last year, with most coming from Middle Eastern and North African countries.

But Mrs Merkel's grip on power is growing ever weaker, with rebellion growing across the country against her controversial immigration policies. 

She has consistently berated other EU states for introducing border controls to bring the migrant flow under control, ever since she made a pledge last summer to welcome all Syrians with open arms. 

However growing cracks appeared and members of her own movement begin to openly question her stance on immigration following the horrific Cologne sex acts, forcing her to back down. 

Immigrants were responsible for the sex attacks in Cologne on New Year's Eve when gangs of them robbed and molested hundreds of women. 

And in what appeared to be a turnaround, in January the German chancellor promised to give authorities more powers to crack down on migrants who commit crimes, including deporting them. 

Chancellor Merkel performed a u-turn on her stance with Syrian and Iraqi refugees, saying that they will have to leave Germany once Islamic State (ISIS) has finally been defeated.

Earlier today, Mr. Obama received a very warm welcome from the German chancellor, just a day before 30,000 protestors took to the streets to campaign against, which the president is fiercely pushing for. 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/664006/Barack-Obama-visit-Germany-Angela-Merkel-migrant-crisis-EU-handling

Comments

Europeans need to realize that their elected officials are to blame for bringing Europe to the brink of extinction.  Europeans need to deport most of their Muslims back to their home countries and revoke their citizenship if they have it. They need to wipe their welfare rolls clean and spend that money to reduce their government debts.

Europeans need to quit the UN and the EU and reestablish their own sovereignty. They need to repeal all oppressive laws and give their citizens the freedom to make their own choices about everything.  European governments need to get out of the “Nanny-State” business and shrink their debt, footprint and cost.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader


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