Germany’s Big Turn in Immigration: From Merkel’s “We’ll Make It” to Afd’s Frontal Rejection

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Ten years ago, on August 31, 2015, in the midst of the refugee crisis, then German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke three words that would become legendary: "Wir schaffen das" (we will achieve it).The conservative leader never thought that those three words at a crowded press conference in Berlin would become, first, a symbol of hope and then become ammunition against her.Keep reading