06-18-2018, 03:35 PM
(06-18-2018, 01:25 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: I don't think Seehofer is going to bring down Merkel's government over immigration. That said, Germany is a federal republic, so Merkel's government may have to live with immigrants coming through other borders than Bavaria's. The reaction to the migrant issue may also affect the next election; what would be big would be if the CSU sees the way to including AfD in the next government, and managed to bring the CDU along on that.
I suspect that Europewide tolerance of the ongoing immigrant flow may finally be hitting its peak. Tom Friedman put it best: people are fleeing from the unstable world to the stable one, but that world has limits. I think his point dealt with this exactly. If you add too much burden to the stable world it will either become unstable or fascistic. Both tendencies seem to rearing their ugly heads right now.
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