US EditionDobrindt's Political Spectacle at the Top of the Train: "Europe Is Finally Getting Harder
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The migration summit on the Zugspitze is a turning point: Germany is no longer a brake on a tougher migration policy. It is its determined driver.
It is the second political spectacle on the Zugspitze within a week. This time Alexander Dobrindt is the host. It is about hard signals on asylum issues and warm words to the EU friends.
With like-minded colleagues, Interior Minister Dobrindt at Zugspitze decides plans for a sharper EU course. Everyone is concerned with stopping a dangerous social development. Refugee helpers accuse Germany of forming the "top of the European hardliner".
When Dobrindt ordered the rejection of asylum seekers on the German borders, he brought up the interior ministers of several EU neighbouring states against him. Now he draws demonstratively together with them.
Interior Minister Dobrindt positions Germany as a pioneer for a tougher migration policy in Europe. At Zugspitze, colleagues agree with him. This does not mean that they support German border controls.
"Strengthening asylum course at European level" "From today's meeting, the important signal is that Europe is getting tougher in matters of asylum policy," said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) in a statement to the APA. "It is necessary that we form new strong axes so that we drive a strict asylum course at European level." German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt had invited to the meeting on the highest mountain in Germany. Interior …
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