And people in Europe and from Germany are complaining that they shouldn't have done so, because you should spread out immigration over a longer period of time, not take in a million people every year.
Uhm, no.
The criticism Merkel faces in germany is mostly based on racism, its not constructive criticism.
"Germany in 30 years" *indian people watching a blonde kid* "Where are you from?"
Even the SPD and the Greens are pretty incoherent in their message. They basically agree with Merkel is doing, but since they're opposition they have to act like they disagree. As a result you hear them complaining all the time, but you never really know what they're complaining about exactly and what they would do differently.
From within Merkels own party you get stuff like the in picture above: racist fearmongering.
And then you have the CSU, whos sole purpose is to be populist and right wing in order to keep voters away from actual right wing parties. They've been doing that for years now and they never actually pulled through with anything, but everytime the CSU is acting up again people think something will come from it...
The thing is that you have to take in refugees or you have to use force at some point to keep some of them away.
Like the AfD says: "Shoot them", they later clarified "Only men and women, because kids don't know what they're doing." Aren't they merciful?
The reason Merkel is so unfazed by everything(she was incredibly calm in her last interview on national TV) is because she knows that there is no one who has plan. Peoples criticism is shallow.
And thats not only true for germany but the EU as a whole.
Everyone is bitching, but nobody is actually proposing alternative ways to deal with the situation. In fact, its Merkel who is constantly trying to get other countries involved in the process of finding a solution.
The problem is that a large part of europe doesn't want to find a solution, they want to ignore the problem.
She going through all this for the 3rd time now. During the financial crisis everyone was bitching about her actions, everyone was talking about how everything will collapse, and in hindsight you might say that germany navigated the crisis better than anyone else, thanks to Merkel. Unemployment didn't even rise, most germans wouldn't have known there is a financial crisis if they hadn't read it in the paper. Economy recovered quicker than in any other country.
During the greek crisis everyone was bitching, everyone was talkng about how the EU will fall apart, everyone talked about how Germany can't afford to bail anyone out. At the end of the day german economy wasn't even affected.
Some people said you can't cut your way out of a crisis(greens for example) and Merkels response was that the system in greece failed, so if you pour money into it, this money will just vanish like the money before it. So you need to fix the system first and then you can invest. End of discussion. Nobody in germany or the EU had a better plan. And none of the fearmongerers predictions actually came true.
And now Merkel is going through the same shit again. Everyone is against her but nobody has a better plan.
She sees the bigger picture and knows what is right and doesn't cater to temporary populist right wing trends like so many leaders in other countries.
She has been asking the EU from the very beginning to come together and find a solution together. But except a few countries nobody wanted to. Its beyond how anyone could blame her now.
Show me one country that has proposed a plan worth discussing?
Tbh, I think Merkel will go down in history as one of the greatest chancellors germany has ever had. I never voted for her, but at the moment I couldn't imagine anyone better for germany and the EU.
I just wish she'd implement Eurobonds. Germanys trade surplus is other countries deficit and thats hurting the EU a great deal. There needs to be a mechanism to account for that if you want the EU to be stable.
