Erdogan setting back integration in Germany by years - Schaeuble

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Erdogan setting back integration in Germany by years - Schaeuble

REUTERS

 

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who accuses Chancellor Angela Merkel of using "Nazi methods" against Turks in Germany, is setting back their integration by years, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said.

 

Berlin is growing increasingly frustrated about Erdogan repeatedly accusing it of applying "Nazi methods" by banning rallies aimed at drumming up support among Turks in Germany for a referendum that would strengthen the power of his presidency.

 

Turkish workers began moving to Germany in the 1960s and the country now has about 3 million people of Turkish background. Some are fully integrated while others live in ethnic communities with less contact with the majority population.

 

"Erdogan's rhetoric makes me stunned," Schaeuble, a veteran member of Merkel's Christian Democratic (CDU) party, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper.

 

"In a short time, it wilfully destroys the integration that has grown over years in Germany. The repair of the damage will take years," he said.

 

Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul on Sunday: "You call the president of the Turkish Republic a dictator. When we call them fascists, they get annoyed. When we call them Nazis, they get annoyed."

 

"You are fascists, you are. Be annoyed as much as you want with Nazi practices. If you draw swastikas on the walls of our mosques and don't hold anyone accountable, you cannot take off this stain," Erdogan said.

 

Turkish voters living in Germany begin on Monday casting their ballots in the constitutional referendum.

 

Last Tuesday, organisers said Turkish leaders would hold no further campaign rallies in Germany before the referendum - to be held on April 16 in Turkey - after a Merkel ally said they were not welcome.

 

On Wednesday, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier used his first speech as president to warn Erdogan that he risked destroying everything his country had achieved in recent years.

 

Erdogan responded by saying that Europeans would not be able to walk safely on the streets if they kept up their current attitude towards Turkey, his latest salvo in the row over campaigning by Turkish politicians in Europe.

 

(Additional reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Tom Heneghan)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-03-27

[jollyhangmon]

> ... Erdogan responded by saying that Europeans would not be able to walk safely on the streets if they kept up their current attitude towards Turkey, his latest salvo in the row over campaigning by Turkish politicians in Europe ...< 

 

The goat-fornicator acting up again, threatening around a little? Same-old, same-old, only saved by their NATO-membership plus subsequent brown-nosing.

As said before, just start to really check all their trucks coming into EU, let's see how they like the inevitable huge pile-up ... pure enforcement of Schengen law, nothing to vote on there by NATO or the likes ... 

 

As for sending his politico-monkeys out ... ask the Bulgarians for instance how happy they are right now with Turkish interference  on their very soil ... 

[Scott]

I think we can stop with the goat-fornicator and other such references, they are inflammatory and trolling.  

 

Please feel free to express your opinion, but stay within the bounds of the rules.   

 

Remarks such as that are inflammatory and trolling.  

 

[CharlieK]

Europe and the UK are finished. In a few decades from now sharia law will rule over the populations of those countries. Integration only works if everyone integrates. Islam is not for integration.

[ilostmypassword]

1 hour ago, CharlieK said:

Europe and the UK are finished. In a few decades from now sharia law will rule over the populations of those countries. Integration only works if everyone integrates. Islam is not for integration.

It's amazing how powerful muslims seem to those who are the mathematical equivalent of illiterate.

[Baerboxer]

2 hours ago, CharlieK said:

Europe and the UK are finished. In a few decades from now sharia law will rule over the populations of those countries. Integration only works if everyone integrates. Islam is not for integration.

 

The Islamic communities in Europe, which includes the UK and the EU and other European countries, have no intention of integrating in the way we understand integration. They believe their religion is paramount and that their culture is better. They have every intention of seeing those two things become dominant in any country they live in.

 

This fossil of a German politician is still entrenched in the 80's.

[Sydebolle]

Don't take these idiots more serious than they deserve. Stop giving them media space and the story will fizzle away. 
Erdogan needs the votes of the overseas turks as his domestic backing is poor hence he thought of swinging the Nazi flag over Germany. Incorrect, wrong but arguing can only be done with people of similar IQ, background and values ....... 

Take the fellow and his cronies off the air and the printing press - case closed! 

[ilostmypassword]

3 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

The Islamic communities in Europe, which includes the UK and the EU and other European countries, have no intention of integrating in the way we understand integration. They believe their religion is paramount and that their culture is better. They have every intention of seeing those two things become dominant in any country they live in.

 

This fossil of a German politician is still entrenched in the 80's.

Another case of mathematical illiteracy. And of course, the tendentious comment about the muslim community being of one mind about integrating into the local culture.

[Srikcir]

Any time Turks resident in Germany feel they can't or will not integrate with the German society, they are free to return to Turkey. But somehow I suspect they would rather "suffer" under the democratic and humanitarian German society than enjoy the rewards of Erdogan's authoritarian society.

[stevenl]

Don't take these idiots more serious than they deserve. Stop giving them media space and the story will fizzle away. 
Erdogan needs the votes of the overseas turks as his domestic backing is poor hence he thought of swinging the Nazi flag over Germany. Incorrect, wrong but arguing can only be done with people of similar IQ, background and values ....... 

Take the fellow and his cronies off the air and the printing press - case closed! 

He needs the votes of the overseas Turks? Even with all of them voting against he'll easily get a majority, there is virtually no opposition any more inside Turkey.

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[Sydebolle]

On 3/27/2017 at 7:30 PM, stevenl said:

He needs the votes of the overseas Turks? Even with all of them voting against he'll easily get a majority, there is virtually no opposition any more inside Turkey.

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Yes, we know that but blinded despots like Erdogan cant! Reminds me of a joke regarding North Korean voting, where 127% of the voters were in favour of Kim Jong Il - just to say!