In new age of ‘Aquarius’, Mama Merkel between a
rock and a hard place, by Ann Corcoran on June 15, 2018
The Bavarian ‘president’, the CSU’s Horst Seehofer, has said he has the authority to do it without her approval in his role as German interior minister. He says people without IDs, or people who traversed another EU state to get to Germany, had no right to claim asylum there under EU law, which says the first point of entry into Europe is responsible for their care.
Salvini in Italy gets that, so turning away ships like ‘Aquarius’ is imperative as the migrants will only continue to pile up in Italy.—ed]
If Seehofer goes ahead on
Monday, that would leave Merkel with two choices, both of which could spell the
end of her 13-year rule.
As
you can tell, I am fascinated by the sea change in Europe seemingly brought on
in less than one week after Italy blocked the landing of a so-called ‘rescue
ship’ with more than 600 mostly African men and boys on board.
The
‘Aquarius’ was ultimately “welcomed” by Spain, but that won’t solve the EU migration
crisis where frontline countries get the brunt of the invasion unless Socialist
Spain wants to keep them and all the future migrants who will surely head that
way now.
Mark Steyn astutely pointed out that
Angela Merkel, like most European leaders, actually has no children—no personal
stake in the future of German culture.
https://www.steynonline.com/7788/leading-by-example
For
new readers to my ‘Invasion of Europe’ series,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel created the recent migrant surge when she began
‘welcoming’ Middle Eastern and African refugees to Germany in 2015.
Germans
aren’t producing enough children and she argues that they need young workers
who would support old Germans in their dotage. Yeh right! sure they will!
To
get to Germany, of course, the illegal migrants must arrive in countries on the
edges of Europe, countries like Italy and Greece, before fanning out throughout
Europe. They head for Germany and Sweden, or stop along the way. But,
many countries are erecting new border fences to save their own countries and
cultures.
International
refugee law says legitimate asylum seekers (economic migrants are not asylum candidates)
must ask for asylum in the first safe place they reach (Italy, Greece, Spain
etc). Those frontline states have had it with the enormous costs and
social upheaval. In a nutshell, the EU wants all European countries to share the
burden. Many won’t.
(The
situation in Europe is analogous to what is happening on the US southern border
as Central Americans ask for asylum (vast majority are economic migrants), but
should have done so in Mexico as they crossed its southern border. Hint to President
Trump: pay close attention to the continuing migrant crisis in Europe!)
Now,
complicating things for “Mama” Merkel—-an increasing number of Germans want
their borders closed too!
Sorry,
for being so long getting to the news of the day….
From EU
Observer: Bavaria rebels
could unseat Merkel on migration - Local authorities in Bavaria, Germany, could start turning back
migrants on Monday (18 June) in a rebellion that threatens chancellor Angela
Merkel’s authority.
That
was the upshot of crisis talks on Thursday between Merkel’s centre-right CDU
(Christian Democratic Union) party and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU
(Christian Social Union), who had previously stuck together since 1949.
“Asylum tourism must end. Germany cannot wait endlessly for Europe, but
must act independently,” Markus Soeder, the CSU’s Bavarian ‘prime minister’,
said on Thursday.
Merkel: Migration is one of the big challenges for the EU. One!
One! How about THE big challenge.
EU Observer continues….Merkel urged them to hold off until EU leaders
meet in Brussels on 28 June. “I personally think illegal
migration is one of
the big challenges for the European Union, so I don’t believe we should act
unilaterally, we should not act in an uncoordinated way and we should not act
at the expense of third parties,” she said on Thursday, referring to the extra
pressure that the CSU plan would put on frontline states Greece and Italy. “I
expect that we [the EU] will all do it together, the federal government
included”, she said.
The June summit is unlikely to see a breakthrough on EU asylum reform,
however, with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia opposed to
migrant-sharing.
The German population is also losing patience – 62 percent of Germans
backed the CSU idea in a poll by German TV station ARD on Thursday, while 37
percent endorsed Merkel’s approach.
‘Merkel completely alone!’ Germany’s top tabloid, Bild, said in a headline the
same day, highlighting the fact that several CDU members were also unhappy with
the status quo.
She could call a vote of confidence in herself in the Bundestag,
risking a defeat and subsequent resignation, or she could sack Seehofer,
destroying the CDU/CSU alliance and her parliamentary majority. More here. We will be watching because no less
than the survival of Western Civilization in its birthplace is at stake.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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