Germany to cause ‘chain reaction across EU’: Austria fires warning as Merkel on brink…(7 Shutdowns!)
GERMANY’S failure to control its spike in immigration levels could cause a chain reaction of catastrophic proportions across the EU’s other 27 member states, Austria’s Vice Chancellor has warned.
By CARLY READ
Express.co.uk
Sat, Jun 23, 2018
Heinz-Christian Strache today cautioned frazzled Angela Merkel, who is desperately battling to maintain her trademark open-border policy despite Horst Seehofer threatening to pull out of their coalition partnership should she keep Germany’s floodgates open.
Should the German Chancellor refuse, her entire government would collapse and the country could experience a surge in immigration similar to the 2015 epidemic, which saw Germany welcome in more than a million migrants from Africa and the Middle East.
Mr Strache said: “It can’t come to a renewed wave like the one seen in 2015 again.”
He then vowed that like Italy and Hungary, Austria will do everything in its power to deter immigration into the country.
He said: “That’s the logical consequence, and we are prepared for it and will similarly protect our borders.
“Italy will not wave them though.”
Ms Merkel has been backed into a corner by her coalition counterpart who demanded Germany’s spike in immigration be curbed by sending asylum seekers back to the EU member state they initially registered in as part of a crackdown on migration.
An emergency meeting has been called by EU leaders between Ms Merkel and Mr Seehofer in the hope the warring politicians can strike a deal.
However, several countries have threatened to boycott the meeting in Brussels making a breakthrough unlikely and subsequently leaving Ms Merkel’s leadership in limbo.
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