Opposition Politician: Germany’s Short-Term Future is Anarchy, Civil War, or …

Migrant crisis pushing Germany towards ‘anarchy and civil war’, Russia Today November 3, 2015 Germany now is somewhere at the edge of anarchy and sliding towards civil war, or to become a “banana republic without any government,” says Hansjoerg Mueller of the Alternative for Germany party. Bavarian official Peter Dreier called German Chancellor Angela Merkel to tell her personally that if Germany welcomes a million refugees, his town of Landshut will only take in around 1,800. Any extra will Read more [...]

Germany’s Merkel, domestic critic show unity over

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her most prominent domestic critic put on a public show of unity over the refugee crisis Tuesday, appearing together to stress their aim to limit the influx.Horst Seehofer, Bavaria's governor and leader of the Bavarian branch of Merkel's conservative bloc, has criticized Merkel's welcoming approach to refugees for weeks, stridently demanding federal government action.On Sunday, however, the conservatives thrashed out their demands in the enormous Read more [...]

Iran rejects military buildup in Syria

A senior Iranian official has reiterated Tehran's opposition to military intervention in Syria, saying that would further complicate the tumultuous situation in the conflict-stricken Arab country.“Five years of conflict in Syria has showed that the country’s problem has no military solution,” Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Read more [...]

Europe urged to ‘divide burden’ of refugees with Turkey

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 03: Angela Merkel (R), President of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany, and Horst Seehofer (L), the Premier of Bavaria and Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) chairperson, make a statement before CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Meeting in Berlin, Germany on November 03, 2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the refugee influx into Europe can only be diminished by the collective action of the EU, Read more [...]

Names matter as Germany grapples with migrant crisis

BERLIN Both Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners back the idea of setting up centres to process asylum seekers, but can't agree on where to put them or even what to call them.In a country where the idea of holding people in large facilities evokes memories of the Nazi era, the debate over "transit zones" is straining the coalition as it struggles to reassure a sceptical public it has a grip on the migrant crisis.Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) Read more [...]

The Latest: Merkel, domestic critic show unity over migrants

SID, Serbia (AP) " The latest as migrants flood into Europe in search of a new life. All times local. 3:50 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her most prominent domestic critic of recent weeks have put on a show of unity, appearing together to stress their joint aim to pare back the migrant influx. Horst Seehofer, Bavaria's governor and leader of the Bavarian branch of Merkel's conservative bloc, has publicly criticized Merkel's welcoming approach to refugees for weeks, demanding federal government Read more [...]

The Latest: Finland warns of natives vs. immigrants tensions

SID, Serbia (AP) — The latest as tens of thousands of people flood into Europe in search of a new life. All times local.6:40 p.m.Europol says 29 suspects have been arrested during raids in Spain and Poland that targeted a Pakistani crime gang accused of smuggling Pakistanis into Europe and putting them to work under slave-like conditions in kebab restaurants.The European Union police agency announced Tuesday that 365 Spanish and Polish police officers Read more [...]

German coalition fails to resolve rift on refugees

She failed at the weekend to win over Gabriel’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD), junior partner in her coalition, and the row has not only rocked her government, but also provoked rare criticism of her leadership both outside and within her conservative bloc. Almost 10,000 refugees continued to arrive in Germany daily, police said yesterday, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the country’s stretched border staff ahead of a crunch meeting between Angela Merkel and a Bavarian Read more [...]