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She desperately wanted to avoid "bad scenes" at German borders. IDK if the book of journalist Robin Alexander "Die Getriebenen" (the driven ones, meaning top G
by inglor_cz 2y ago
She desperately wanted to avoid "bad scenes" at German borders.
IDK if the book of journalist Robin Alexander "Die Getriebenen" (the driven ones, meaning top German politicians driven by events) was ever translated to English, but that guy had daily access to the Chancellory and describes the situation to a T.
Merkel built her career on media appeasement and an illusion that Germany is in such good hands that nothing untoward can happen to it. It sort-of worked until 2015, when the outside world could not be kept at bay anymore.
- de_layer 2y agoAngela Merkel built her career in the GDR under Soviet rule, in case this fact or the eviction of hundreds of thousands of families from their homes in Germany to house those immigrants is of interest to you.