[BBC] German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the latest politician to criticise a major food bank's decision to bar foreigners from receiving free food.| “Blither, blither, blither, rant!” she said. |
The charity says it helps about 16,000 poor people in Essen, a city in the western industrial Ruhr region.
Foreigners registered for the handouts before Essener Tafel's new rule took effect last month can still use the food bank.
Mrs Merkel spoke out against the requirement to show a German passport in order to receive food.
Essener Tafel head Jörg Sartor said the restriction had nothing to do with xenophobia; he said it was all about fairness, because large numbers of elderly women and single mothers had stopped coming to Essener Tafel.
| They’re already being shoved out of their homes to make way for the colonists, so why not starve them to death, too. |
| Tomorrow belongs to me. I hate that song from Cabaret, but it suits here. When Frau Merkel dies, may God send her to the deepest circle of Hell, the one reserved for traitors and evil counsellors. |