Dobrindt and Seehofer Defend Border Controls – Merkel Attacks New Federal Government

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today that the new government in Berlin is threatening freedom of movement within the European Union with tightened border controls.

Old Chancellor Angela Merkel has never made a secret of her attitude to migration policy. However, if one is so openly opposed to his successor's line, a question is more urgent than ever: Who is still responsible – and who is playing opposition from above?

In the discussion about the controls at the German external borders, the former Chancellor Angela Merkel and her then Interior Minister Horst Seehofer are now intervening.

The ex-Chancellor criticises the tightening of border controls. Farmers and animal rights activists argue about the conditions in pig stalls. In Washington, two Israeli embassy employees die from gunfire. That is the situation on Thursday night.

Angela Merkel warns: With the intensified border controls, the new government threatens the free movement of persons in the European Union. It considers the national border protection to be little targeted. However, figures of the federal police show a clear effect.

In light of the EU Commission's forecast that refugee numbers will rise significantly this year, CDU/CSU politicians are calling for the stricter border controls and rejections introduced with the inauguration of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) coalition to be maintained indefinitely, contrary to the original plan. "The control pressure at Germany's borders must be maintained as long as the migration pressure persists," Hesse's Minister Pre…