09-04-2016, 09:26 PM
*** 5-Sep-16 World View -- Anti-immigrant party in Germany hands Angela Merkel a stinging defeat
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Migrants from Libya to Italy surge in the Mediterranean
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Rescuing an overcrowded migrant boat off the Libyan coast (Reuters)
Italy's coast guard rescued nearly 10,000 migrants in just two days,
Monday and Tuesday of last week, as the number of migrants risking the
dangerous trip is surging in the mild weather.
The migrants are believed to be mostly from Somalia and Eritrea. More
than 100,000 migrants have made the journey so far in 2016, and 3,000
are estimated to have died.
The deaths are caused by increasingly dangerous practices by people
smugglers. Rubber dinghies are overfilled with migrants to dangerous
levels. The smugglers provide just enough gas and food to allow the
boat to reach international waters in the Mediterranean, where they
can only wait to be rescued by the Italian coast guard before the boat
sinks. It's an unbelievably cynical situation. Deutsche-Welle and Australian Broadcasting and Deutsche-Welle
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**** Anti-immigrant party in Germany hands Angela Merkel a stinging defeat
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Three years after being founded on an anti-euro ticket in 2013, the
right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has scored its
fourth significant regional victory this year, by getting 21% of the
vote in an important regional election in the state of
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in the former East Germany. AfD has gotten
15.1%, 24.3% and 12.6% of votes in other regional elections this year.
What makes Sunday's vote so significant is that it occurred in the
home district of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, and her
center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party received only 19%,
putting it in third place, not only behind AfD, but also behind the
center-left Social Democrat Party (SPD), which came in first with
30.5% of the vote.
There's little doubt of the reason behind Merkel's stinging defeat.
There was only one major issue in the election campaign, immigration.
It was a year ago that Merkel invited Syrian refugees to come to
Germany with the slogan "Wir schaffen es" ("We can do it"). However,
Germany has taken in 1.1 million refugees in the last year, and Merkel
is being held responsible for any problems that have arisen, including
allegations of rape. ( "7-Jan-16 World View -- German 'Code of Conduct' for women shows pendulum swing on gender issues"
)
The AfD party, founded in 2013, has moved on from its original
anti-euro stance to an anti-immigrant stance, though this has not been
without problems, as there was a split in 2015 when one of the leaders
quit the party, saying that was becoming increasingly xenophobic.
However, as I've written many times, this is consistent with the rest
of the world, as countries around the world become increasingly
xenophobic and nationalistic in this generational Crisis era.
BBC and
Deutsche-Welle and Guardian (London)
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Italy, Libya, Somalia, Eritrea,
Germany, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD,
Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Social Democrat Party, SPD
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Migrants from Libya to Italy surge in the Mediterranean
- Anti-immigrant party in Germany hands Angela Merkel a stinging defeat
****
**** Migrants from Libya to Italy surge in the Mediterranean
****
Rescuing an overcrowded migrant boat off the Libyan coast (Reuters)
Italy's coast guard rescued nearly 10,000 migrants in just two days,
Monday and Tuesday of last week, as the number of migrants risking the
dangerous trip is surging in the mild weather.
The migrants are believed to be mostly from Somalia and Eritrea. More
than 100,000 migrants have made the journey so far in 2016, and 3,000
are estimated to have died.
The deaths are caused by increasingly dangerous practices by people
smugglers. Rubber dinghies are overfilled with migrants to dangerous
levels. The smugglers provide just enough gas and food to allow the
boat to reach international waters in the Mediterranean, where they
can only wait to be rescued by the Italian coast guard before the boat
sinks. It's an unbelievably cynical situation. Deutsche-Welle and Australian Broadcasting and Deutsche-Welle
Related Articles
- Number of migrants reaching Greece surges since Turkey's attempted coup (18-Aug-2016)
- Increasing anger in Turkey threatens the EU-Turkey migrant deal (28-Aug-2016)
****
**** Anti-immigrant party in Germany hands Angela Merkel a stinging defeat
****
Three years after being founded on an anti-euro ticket in 2013, the
right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has scored its
fourth significant regional victory this year, by getting 21% of the
vote in an important regional election in the state of
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in the former East Germany. AfD has gotten
15.1%, 24.3% and 12.6% of votes in other regional elections this year.
What makes Sunday's vote so significant is that it occurred in the
home district of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, and her
center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party received only 19%,
putting it in third place, not only behind AfD, but also behind the
center-left Social Democrat Party (SPD), which came in first with
30.5% of the vote.
There's little doubt of the reason behind Merkel's stinging defeat.
There was only one major issue in the election campaign, immigration.
It was a year ago that Merkel invited Syrian refugees to come to
Germany with the slogan "Wir schaffen es" ("We can do it"). However,
Germany has taken in 1.1 million refugees in the last year, and Merkel
is being held responsible for any problems that have arisen, including
allegations of rape. ( "7-Jan-16 World View -- German 'Code of Conduct' for women shows pendulum swing on gender issues"
)
The AfD party, founded in 2013, has moved on from its original
anti-euro stance to an anti-immigrant stance, though this has not been
without problems, as there was a split in 2015 when one of the leaders
quit the party, saying that was becoming increasingly xenophobic.
However, as I've written many times, this is consistent with the rest
of the world, as countries around the world become increasingly
xenophobic and nationalistic in this generational Crisis era.
BBC and
Deutsche-Welle and Guardian (London)
Related Articles
- Stephen K. Bannon is named chairman of Donald Trump's campaign (19-Aug-2016)
- Migration crisis signals historic shifts in Europe and Mideast (24-Jan-2016)
- Germany's Angela Merkel under pressure to restrict migrants (20-Jan-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Italy, Libya, Somalia, Eritrea,
Germany, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD,
Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Social Democrat Party, SPD
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