German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Poland’s measures to secure its border with Belarus were having an “enormous impact” on migration while on a visit to the border area.
“Here you can see how effective external border protection is done,” Dobrindt told reporters.
Dobrindt said that Russia and Belarus were trying to “weaponize migration” to destabilize Poland, Germany and the EU.
Poland has long accused the leadership of Belarus and Russia of deliberately encouraging illegal border crossings into Poland.
Dobrindt praised the controls Poland had in place in response to Germany’s increased border checks.
“We support this,” the German minister said, calling it an important contribution to prevent a new EU migration route from Belarus.
“Poland is Germany’s most important partner within the EU, alongside our French neighbours,” Dobrindt said. https://p.dw.com/p/4xnu2
There’s this funny thing whenever I read or hear “Dobrindt says:”; everything after that is just white noise to me.
Maybe I should get that checked out. Then again I appear to be leading a happier life than others around me.Which politicians (supposedly from foreign countries?) trigger a better sentiment?
Which politicians (supposedly from foreign countries?) trigger a better sentiment?
Good question. Most any, really, but you probably didn’t mean literally only just “better”.
If I had to look within the CDU/CSU and had to settle for “not entirely filled with contempt for human life” I suppose I’d end up with Merkel, to my own surprise. More contemporary Serap Güler, maybe.
I don’t generally find myself triggered by Nouripour.
If I increased the requirements to “Not fundamentally blighted by neoliberal economics” I think I’d have to go back to Gysi and Fischer. Bodo Ramelow, if need be. Honorary mention for Martin Sonneborn, because even if I disagree with him I can at least get a laugh out of it.Internationally the pickings are slim. I think I generally don’t mind what Sanna Marin has to say. For about a year I was smitten by Abiy Ahmed, just like the rest of the world. That went away quickly. I’d like to see another Vaclav Havel one day.
I could live with Albert Schweitzer and Fred Rogers rising from the grave to erect an unlikely global totalitarian dual dictatorship.
The only one weaponizing immigration is the (nazi party) AfD. And you, Dobrindt, are helping it, by playing ball. Go kfuck yourself.
In the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum 2025 in Bucharest a few weeks ago, Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko criticized Russia not only for its blatant violations of human rights and international law, emphasizing how the Kremlin’s aggression has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe, but also for the deliberate use of migrants as tools of hybrid warfare, particularly by Russia and Belarus:
[Russia and Belarus} have facilitated the movement of people from the Middle East and other regions toward EU borders, especially those of Lithuania, Poland, and Finland. This orchestrated migration flow aims to destabilize the EU and NATO by overwhelming border security, creating humanitarian crises, and pressuring for political concessions. Goncharenko called for legislative and policy measures that protect both migrants and host societies, and for sustained support in rebuilding Ukraine and supporting returning refugees.
