Interesting volte-face from German Chancellor Angela Merkel - from Lonndon's Daily Express:
Regretting something, Angela? Germany's Merkel announces plan to deport 100,000 migrants
The beleaguered Chancellor said authorities would significantly step up the rate of forced returns as she battles to arrest an alarming slump in her popularity which has fuelled a surge in support for the far-right.
Mrs Merkel, whose decision to roll out the red carpet to migrants from across Africa and the Middle East spectacularly backfired, has taken an increasingly tough tone on immigration in recent months.
And in her toughest rhetoric yet the German leader told MPs from her party this week: ”The most important thing in the coming months is repatriation, repatriation and once more, repatriation.”
The stance marks an astonishing U-turn from the once pro-refugee Chancellor, who has been widely pilloried by critics at home and abroad for her decision to throw open Germany’s borders to millions of migrants.
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Her rhetoric this week is a far cry from the now infamous rallying cry of Wir Schaffen Das - ‘we can do this’ - which the beleaguered leader has now dropped after issuing a statement verging on an apology.
The Express also has a wonderful 30 second video by one of my favorite English politicians - Nigel Farage. Unfortunately, it auto-plays so I am not embedding it here. Go to the site and see what a real leader looks like. Daniel Hannan is another of my favorites. Thank God that Trump is good friends with both of them - it will be good to have the Churchill statue returned to the Oval Office.
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