Merz laments 'too much uncontrolled immigration' over past 10 years | dpa international

[schizoidman@lemm.ee]

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to deport more migrants, as he found harsh words for the migration policies pursued by his predecessors in his first government statement to parliament

[rumschlumpel@feddit.org]

rumschlumpel laments 'too much rightwing authoritarianism' over past 10 years

[dmmacniel@feddit.org]

seven of those years were governed by CDU+SPD the same Coalition (just not with Angela Merkel as chancellor) as it is now again...

[einkorn@feddit.org]

Yeah, but that was under a woman! A WOMAN! Bless the Lord, we have proper leadership again! /s

[rumschlumpel@feddit.org]

There are fairly big ideological differences between Merz and Merkel, especially when it comes to immigration. I don't think there would be many Syrians in Germany today if Merz had been in power in 2015.

[germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

germanatlas laments 'too much unrestricted capitalism' over past 10 years