According to Klaus, Merkel is “misusing the German historical guilty conscience, German anti-Semitism, which led to the Holocaust and the Auschwitz furnace, to intimidate citizens.”
The Chancellor is only downplaying devastating impacts of migration by referring to recent violence as an act of individuals. Klaus, who is openly supporting anti-immigrant AfD, called Merkel’s words a mockery of the reality, while neglected the excesses of the far-right extremist. European democrats cannot tolerate this, he said.
Klaus reacted to Merkel’s statement on Monday, in which she named three major challenges that Germany is currently facing – rising right-wing radicalism, anti-Semitism and violent behavior of individual immigrants.
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The world without Angela Merkel will be worse, says former Czech President Klaus
One of the most prominent conservatives in Czechia points out that Merkel was reliable and prudent, and that it can always get worse
EU-Russia alliance would seek to dominate the world, says former Polish defense minister
Antoni Macierewicz believes that Germany and France are ‘frustrated’ after their attempts to impose an alliance between the EU and Russia failed
Germany sends delegation to Washington to negotiate Nord Stream 2
The German delegation is headed by Jan Hecker, one of Angela Merkel’s closest advisors
Chancellor Merkel offers available hospital beds for Czech COVID-19 patients
Czechia could use the beds in case of emergency
German conservatives struggle to find Merkel’s successor
None of the three top candidates even approach her popularity
Václav Klaus: Merkel’s “We can do this” attitude is a tragic mistake of German migration policy
The old Continent has changed with mass migration
Czechia, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia’s opposition to migrants has paid off
Klaus: The French and the Germans quit on the EU
The treaty of Aachen is being prepared but its content is classified. It basically sets an alliance between the two European superelite countries, which is a clear sign that France and Germany renounce the EU. It means that creating an authentic European integration is too slow for them and that they are not going to consider those who are hindering it.
Merkel’s (un)certain future
Merkel’s announcement that she will step down as CDU leader seems to be a well-prepared move. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of her political career.
Grand coalition strengthens political extremes
One of the reasons why AfD flourishes is that the rest of German politics is fearful and boring. No large traditional party in Germany has a plan to reverse the curse of centrist politics. The only thing that holds the current grand coalition together is fear of change, which AfD does not suffer from.
The downfall of Angela Merkel
It is not only the recent political issues which will lead to Angela Merkel’s downfall, argues Andrzej Madeła. It is also the loss of support of the middle class, which had at first benefited immensely from the influx of migrants.
Refugees continue to distort Czech-German relations
Yesterday, PM Babiš failed to agree with Merkel on the redistribution of migrants and was welcomed by dozens of protesters.