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?
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.