Merkel defends her mistake

German Chancellor Merkel still insists Islam belongs in Germany, by Ann Corcoran 3/23/18

Invasion of Europe news…..From Quartz: Merkel insists Islam is part of Germany in the first speech of her new term
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2018/03/23/german-chancellor-merkel-still-insists-islam-belongs-in-germany/

And, she continues to defend her decision to admit a million or so, mostly fake, refugees to the country.  I hope the historians of Western Civilization out there are writing this down (especially since it will be Muslim historians writing in the next century if this keeps up).

She’s been chancellor of Germany for 12 years, reduced to a caretaker for the past six months until she could form a new government. Today (March 21), Angela Merkel gave the first speech of her latest term to parliament, addressing the controversial topic of migrants and their place in German society.

Merkel v. Seehofer:  What will historians say about them?

The chancellor directly contradicted her new interior minister—an old foe when it comes to the topic of refugees—Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union. Seehofer sparked a furor last week when he told the Bild newspaper that “Islam does not belong in Germany.”

“There is no question that our country is historically Christian and Jewish,” Merkel said. “It is also true that Islam has in the meanwhile become part of Germany.” She acknowledged, however, that some Germans find that hard to accept.

Merkel said the atmosphere in Germany had become “polarized,” and the refugee crisis of recent years had challenged the country “in an unprecedented way.” She noted that Turkish and Italian immigrants had played a vital role in the rebuilding of post-war Germany and that their families were part of mainstream life.

About 4.5 million Muslims live in Germany, and the majority rejects radicalism, the chancellor said.

Unusually for Merkel, she admitted that in retrospect, her initial hope that the chaos of the war in Syria wouldn’t harm Germany was naïve. It soon became clear that the country wasn’t prepared for an influx of displaced people, she said, describing the taking in of more than a million refugees was a necessary “humanitarian exception.”

More here. My complete ‘Invasion of Europe’ archive is here (it goes back many years).  My posts on Germany are here.

Comments

Merkel is not addressing what Germans should do going forward with this mess.  They now have Sharia law, No-Go zones, more refugee crime, terrorist threats, no assimilation, no labor shortage and millions of welfare refugees. She is telling Germans to ignore the continuing crime problems and the unnecessary welfare cost. Refugees should have been confined in secure, remote camps until they passed the German language course they require to be married in Germany.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader