Or at least, so thinks Merkel and the CDU/CSU.
Some interesting quotes:
"A recent survey showed that more than 30% of Germans believed Germany was "overrun by foreigners."
"Mrs Merkel stressed that immigrants living in Germany needed to do more to integrate, including learning to speak German. "Anyone who does not immediately speak German", she said, "is not welcome"."
And so I don't have to go ahead and make the Godwin:
"Our correspondent adds that there also seems to be a new strident tone in the country, perhaps leading to less reticence about no-go-areas of the past."
Perhaps most significantly of all...
"Such recent strong anti-immigrant feelings from mainstream politicians come amid an anger in Germany about high unemployment..."
At least one good thing of all this could be that the ridiculous PC-ness that makes immigrants above criticism amongst any centre-right/left-wing politician may be coming to an end.
IMO one of the reasons for the lack of dialogue on this issue is that the lefties/liberals are far too sensitive and afraid to speak up on real problems, and so the only people that do are the far-right loonies, and then things get polarised and stupid and there is never any sensible discussion on the matter. Hopefully people can now start to get over their knee-jerk reactions.
Thoughts?
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