Lucy Hamilton
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Merkel should be ready to flee to South America for fear of the the violent reprisals for her refugee policy. Which is true, she should.
Beatrix von Storch said this on German television. AfD = Alternative für Deutschland.
About AfD, a good group of Patriotic Europeans:
Alternative for Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Merkel article:
Snip:
"An Alternative for Germany (AfD) spokeswoman shocked TV viewers on Sunday night when she suggested that Chancellor Angela Merkel should "go into exile to Chile or South America" for fear of violent reprisals for her refugee policy.
Beatrix von Storch faced an immediate challenge from political talk show host Anne Will, who confronted her with one of her own Facebook posts blasting Merkel for "ruining our country like no one since 1945".
"I'm taking bets that Merkel will leave the country when she steps down – for security reasons," the post continued.
When Will asked if she was serious about this, von Storch said "I mean that she should go into exile to Chile or South America".
There were audible gasps from the audience at Storch's remarks, and protests from fellow guest Armin Laschet, deputy leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
But von Storch – who is also an MEP – refused to back down, although her speculations about Merkel's future were hardly the "return to the facts" she had promised.
Fighting the causes of flight
Von Storch's wild imagination was a hard act to follow for the mainstream politicians discussing whether Germany should ape Austria's example by introducing an upper limit on the number of migrants allowed into the country.
"You and your upper limit. We've already heard what you've got to say at the lower limit!", Laschet retorted to von Storch.
Laschet tried to defend Merkel's policy, saying that she had never said that everyone arriving in Germany would be allowed to stay – and emphasizing the importance of resolving the conflicts driving refugees towards Europe.
'If we don't manage this, Europe will break apart'
Meanwhile, a representative from the Evangelical Church was duking it out with a politician from the Christian Social Union (CSU), Merkel's conservative Bavarian allies.
Former Interior Minister and senior serving MP Hans-Peter Friedrich repeated the CSU's call for an upper limit on refugee arrivals and tighter security at the European Union's external borders.
But Evangelical Church council chairman Heinrich Bedford-Strohm demanded to know "what happens to the people who are kept out of the EU? I'd really like to have an answer!"
"It's not Christian to arouse hope in people that we can't fulfil," Friedrich said."
'Merkel should be ready to flee to South America': AfD leader
Beatrix von Storch said this on German television. AfD = Alternative für Deutschland.
About AfD, a good group of Patriotic Europeans:
Alternative for Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Merkel article:
Snip:
"An Alternative for Germany (AfD) spokeswoman shocked TV viewers on Sunday night when she suggested that Chancellor Angela Merkel should "go into exile to Chile or South America" for fear of violent reprisals for her refugee policy.
Beatrix von Storch faced an immediate challenge from political talk show host Anne Will, who confronted her with one of her own Facebook posts blasting Merkel for "ruining our country like no one since 1945".
"I'm taking bets that Merkel will leave the country when she steps down – for security reasons," the post continued.
When Will asked if she was serious about this, von Storch said "I mean that she should go into exile to Chile or South America".
There were audible gasps from the audience at Storch's remarks, and protests from fellow guest Armin Laschet, deputy leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
But von Storch – who is also an MEP – refused to back down, although her speculations about Merkel's future were hardly the "return to the facts" she had promised.
Fighting the causes of flight
Von Storch's wild imagination was a hard act to follow for the mainstream politicians discussing whether Germany should ape Austria's example by introducing an upper limit on the number of migrants allowed into the country.
"You and your upper limit. We've already heard what you've got to say at the lower limit!", Laschet retorted to von Storch.
Laschet tried to defend Merkel's policy, saying that she had never said that everyone arriving in Germany would be allowed to stay – and emphasizing the importance of resolving the conflicts driving refugees towards Europe.
'If we don't manage this, Europe will break apart'
Meanwhile, a representative from the Evangelical Church was duking it out with a politician from the Christian Social Union (CSU), Merkel's conservative Bavarian allies.
Former Interior Minister and senior serving MP Hans-Peter Friedrich repeated the CSU's call for an upper limit on refugee arrivals and tighter security at the European Union's external borders.
But Evangelical Church council chairman Heinrich Bedford-Strohm demanded to know "what happens to the people who are kept out of the EU? I'd really like to have an answer!"
"It's not Christian to arouse hope in people that we can't fulfil," Friedrich said."
'Merkel should be ready to flee to South America': AfD leader
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