"Ach... Nein !!"
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| Europe |
| Merkel says German multiculturalism has failed |
| 2019-10-20 |
| h/t Instapundit [Reuters] - Germany’s attempt to create a multicultural society has "utterly failed," Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, adding fuel to a debate over immigration and Islam polarizing her conservative camp. Speaking to a meeting of young members of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Merkel said allowing people of different cultural backgrounds to live side by side without integrating had not worked in a country that is home to some four million Muslims. KEY WORDS: "without integrating" "This (multicultural) approach has failed, utterly failed," Merkel told the meeting in Potsdam, south of Berlin. Merkel faces pressure from within her CDU to take a tougher line on immigrants who don’t show a willingness to adapt to German society and her comments appeared intended to pacify her critics. More Kabuki? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #9 Note the date: OCTOBER 16, 2010 / 7:32 PM / 9 YEARS AGO |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-20 23:36 |
| #8 What she says and what she does are completely different things. |
| Posted by: Spanky Whuter1088 2019-10-20 21:21 |
| #7 She blames the Germans, and as recompense to the Muslims they failed is going to grant Germany to Erdogan. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2019-10-20 20:59 |
| #6 seems like the Master of the Obvious pic should be getting a workout here...... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2019-10-20 20:42 |
| #5 Which is, perhaps, why her party had its worst showing since 1949 in the last elections. |
| Posted by: Tom 2019-10-20 16:20 |
| #4 "Maybe if I were to be uhh... re-elected in 2021... err ?" "Ach... Nein !!" |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-20 16:04 |
| #3 the Germans have excelled at "Utterly Failing" ever since 1914. |
| Posted by: 746 2019-10-20 13:39 |
| #2 what the hell made her think this would work? These ppl can't get along where they are from and you thought they would get along with you. |
| Posted by: chris 2019-10-20 12:55 |
| #1 From the headline, I was kinda sorta expecting The Bee. A surprising thing for Merkel to say, but she is correct. Trying to make a multicultural society by force and fiat instead of growing it organically has been a huge disruptive failure. The trick now will be to move to a more stable point in the societal state space. The current situation doesn't seem to be a happy one. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-10-20 12:39 |