Green European politician Erik Marquardt calls for leadership from Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the dispute over possible rejections at German borders. “Olaf Scholz should explain to the public again who the Chancellor of this country actually isMarquardt told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
“He must be careful not to give the impression that he is sitting in Friedrich Merz’s office. I would like to have some guidance“, said Marquardt.
The CDU leader’s demand for Rejections at the border The EU parliamentarian considers this to be ineffective“Poland is doing exactly what Merz wants to do at the Belarusian border,” said Marquardt. “It just doesn’t lead to fewer people coming.”
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One must Migration policy needs to be discussed much more at a European level“To believe that one could simply close the German border is completely absurd,” said Marquardt.
We cannot build a wall around Germany so that no one can get in; that is completely unrealistic.
Svenja Borgschultespokesperson for the Green Federal Working Group on Migration and Flight
“We cannot build a wall around Germany so that no one can get in, that is completely unrealistic,” said Svenja Borgschulte, spokeswoman for the Green Party’s Federal Working Group on Migration and Refugees. “It is also maximum lack of solidarity with all our neighbouring countries“, she told the Funke newspapers.
“It would be important to change perspective: How do we prevent people from having to flee?“More efforts to combat the causes of flight would be good, said Borgschulte.
She also sees in her own party “a tendency to follow the current right-wing discourse”said the Green politician. That does the party no good. “Instead, we should communicate more clearly where we have had success and what we cannot do.” (dpa)
