Destruction in Syria "Worse than in Germany 1945" –Wadephul Mixes Union

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The internal dispute over Johann Wadephul's Syria exteriors shows how nervous CDU and CSU are. For Friedrich Merz, the situation is precarious.

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Deport or not? Chancellor Friedrich Merz openly contradicts his CDU party friend Johann Wadephul on the question of Syrian refugees.

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Foreign Minister Wadephul is now critical of his defence speech in the Union faction, especially because he has linked the situation in Syria to that in Germany at the end of the war in 1945.

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Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) confirmed his sceptical attitude towards a return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.The situation in Syria was "worse" than that in Germany after the Second World War, said Wadephul at a meeting of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group on Tuesday, as AFP learned from group circles. Wadephul therefore also resisted the accusation of being too sensitive to argue about the matter.The Foreign Minister rece…

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The waves had just smoothed out, as the next Syria statement by Wadephul caused a stir. In the Union one is not enthusiastic.

Die Presse

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The statements made by the German Foreign Minister on Syria cause resentment in the CDU. The dispute over a possible return of Syrian migrants to their destroyed home country is burdening the relationship within the Union.