Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019

[webfact]

Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions.

 

In her New Year speech, Merkel said she recognised that many Germans "bemoaned" the ruling coalition that took office in March, an alliance of her conservative bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), which has been blighted by infighting.

 

But she added: "We will only master the challenges of our times if we stick together and collaborate with others across borders."

 

Germany is still feeling the impact of Merkel's 2015 decision to leave open the country's borders to more than 1 million refugees, mainly fleeing war in the Middle East.

 

Resentment at that decision helped feed the rise of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), which surged into the Bundestag for the first time at last year's federal election, fracturing the country's political landscape.

 

Merkel has given up the leadership of her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), but wants to remain chancellor for the remainder of the current legislative period through to 2021 - a goal she referenced again in her New Year's speech.

 

A poll on Sunday showed a majority of those surveyed Germans who expressed an opinion supported her staying on as chancellor for the full term.

 

Merkel stressed what she called Germany's values of "openness, tolerance, respect" and said the country would work towards "global solutions" when it starts a two-year stint as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council from Jan. 1.

 

Merkel has sought to defend the Western order on which Germany depends and which U.S. President Donald Trump has destabilised by pulling out of international agreements on climate change and Iran's nuclear programme, and with tariffs.

 

She said she was committed to making the European Union more robust and capable of taking decisions.

 

"And with Britain, we want to maintain a close partnership despite the withdrawal from the European Union," she added.

 

(Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Alison Williams)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-12-31

[sweatalot]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Merkel urges divided Germans

First she should urge those unwelcome foreigners who don't belong to Western culture whom she invited in out of the country

[4737 Carlin]

"openness, tolerance" are only virtues to the globalist elite intent on destroying nation states.

[leither69]

She still goes on about open borders and collaboration, how stupid is this women!! Germans don't want a huge influx of migrants same as most other countries citizens. There's more to the immigration thing than the public realise!!

[Chomper Higgot]

44 minutes ago, leither69 said:

She still goes on about open borders and collaboration, how stupid is this women!! Germans don't want a huge influx of migrants same as most other countries citizens. There's more to the immigration thing than the public realise!!

“There's more to the immigration thing than the public realise!!”

 

Are you extrapolating your own ignorance?  

 

if not, on basis do you make this claim?

[Burma Bill]

Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019

and unite to ditch her!!

 

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019

I think that's your job since you did the dividing..., so start pulling.

[connda]

"Pull together" and " Give up your sovereignty" coming out of opposite sides of her mouth makes for a zero-sum statement.

[Ulic]

Yes, all Germans, pull together,..........In the direction I want to go, of course. 

[Scott]

Off-topic, inflammatory posts removed.

 

[katana]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

But she added: "We will only master the challenges of our times if we stick together and collaborate with others across borders."

Translation: Open borders policy to continue...

[Ron19]

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[simple1]

5 hours ago, katana said:

Translation: Open borders policy to continue...

Merkel has specifically spelt out that "Open Borders" are no longer policy. In anycase the 2015 relaxation of border control was a temporary measure to assist front line EU countries who were overwhelmed by asylum seekers, many of whom were later identified as economic refugees after vetting. It is ridiculous for those of a certain political persuasion to constantly echo misinformation in an attempt to present their lies as truth.

Edited December 31, 2018 by simple1

[Rimmer]

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[onlycw]

Try reading this with Google Translate?

 

http://www.pi-news.net/2018/06/deutschland-bearbeitet-hunderttausende-asyl-fakes/

 

This woman has harmed her people and all of Europe in ways few seem to grasp. From electricity costs to killing the car industry via EU CO2 "Golden Calf" kults.

 

By failing to remove a bizarre §, Germany is the only country on the planet allowing anyone to say the magic word to i. enter the welfare system and ii. get the fiendishly complicated Asylum process rolling. iii. Hardly anyone qualifies, but Her Majesty hasn't done her homework and she will continue to harm her people in ways foreigners may not grasp.

 

Yes, I am totally biased. But there are also cold hard facts to consider. 

 

Rant over.

[onlycw]

On 12/31/2018 at 7:32 AM, sweatalot said:

First she should urge those unwelcome foreigners who don't belong to Western culture whom she invited in out of the country

Quick, which country allows foreigners to enter (literally and metaphorically, meaning the welfare system closed to many struggling self-employed AND homegrown homeless) without documents?!?

 

The magic word, asylum, guarantees a years' long process paid for by the hapless taxpayers.

 

Then those folks, whose identity cannot be established, can and will remain. Fake news about them working and contributing to society is are too hot to handle. Globalists spin fairy tales, like Mercedes needing to recruit at residences for the newcomers etc. Hey, Mr. Zetsche, run an ad and 24 hours later, thousands of German youths will have applied... Widen the net, look at Greece and Spain where times are tough. Get literate Europeans. 

 

Merkel, give health care to all who need it first,  t h e n  to anyone who manages to reach Germany.

 

Her oath of office is a joke, huh? Not to harm the people  etc.? Millions of jobs depend on the car industry. But with CO2 Nazi ideology and unscientific b.s. like "Zero Emissions Vehicle" nonsense, she will cause more harm.

 

Closing, the article is wrong. MOST Germans want her  g o n e, not business as usual for years to come.