Is Germany about to close its borders?

[@WooShell]

the "temporary" border checks have been causing huge traffic backlog on the Salzburg crossings for many years now.. and ever since we legalized weed, the Austrian police also started doing checks to prevent drug imports in the other direction. I want my Schengen area back.. -.-

[@user6343]

There would be a easy and nice solution. Legal weed in Europe and Migration managed by all European countries together and not each on their own

[@HelmutQ]

@@user6343 I want my safe, neutral, prosperous, free and souvereign Austria back.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@HelmutQ You are living in the past my melancholy friend. I can assure you, the past was not pretty, but then again, it won't come back.

[@user6343]

@@HelmutQ Idk what you talking about. Austria is safe (is part as many western countries in a crime drop ever since the 90s) neutral (not part of NATO), is prosperous (economic growth predicted and seen in the last 10 years), freedom (one of the highest ratings in freedom index ranking), sovereignty (since 1955 with the Österreichische Staatsvertrag). Instead of whinig about non problems maybe complain about some weird bureaucratic laws which made it for me impossible to find a open shop on sunday night to eat something last time I visited your beautiful country

[@scoobsm6994]

​@@user6343maybe you should also accept the culture & customs of countries/societies like where shops are closed certain times, like Sundays in Germany & Austria. The world doesn't need to change to suit your convenience or values. As a visitor to both these countries, I see the locals out enjoying their free time together on the weekend, and adapt my plans accordingly.

[@radio_marco]

To be fair: reacting in panic after something happened seems to be a common pattern in German politics.

[@KaiHenningsen]

It seems to be a common pattern in human politics.

[@danielcarroll3358]

@@KaiHenningsen As an American I can verify this, at least as far as this neck of the woods.

[@unbekannteruser2418]

Oh yes.

[@autokorrektor8166]

@@danielcarroll3358 Are you all really eating your pet animals?

[@John_Weiss]

…and US politics.

[@vrenak]

There's also a "temporary border control" on the danish border since 04/01-16. But then I guess this falls very much in line with how danish police interprets limitations, when they were told they could store data from Automatic license plate cameras "for a limited time", "within a limited area", which to the police reads as "forever", and "whole country".

[@EdMcF1]

If you take a train over the Bridge from Denmark to Sweden, they often have passport checks on the Swedish side. The train information tickers tell you there is a passport check even if there isn't one.

[@KaiHenningsen]

I remember when there were checks between Germany and Austria, way before Schengen. (Yes, I'm an old fart.) On the night trains we used (yes, back then DB ran night trains), the customs people border the train before the border, checked the papers (which the train attendants had collected before sleep time) on the way to the first station after the border, then left the train to check the next train in the opposite direction. Most passengers didn't even wake up. It wasn't quite Schengen - your papers were still checked - but it almost felt like it.

[@musiqtee]

@@KaiHenningsen Yep, I’m also an old fart who remembers “the world” before 1994 (or so). I would posit that Germany isn’t an isolated or special case in Europe these days. I also posit that in several countries where “mild nationalism” is now present, the people (actual people, not corporations nor politicians) don’t support “aggressive policies” be it around national borders, nato buildups or sanctioning Chinese products (ironically outsourced by _our own_ companies…). But, I’m not just an old fart - I’m also a very biased (not old) socialist…😅

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@musiqtee In my long life, I have learned that "the people" usually get it wrong. They are too emotional and have too little information to compensate, to make decisions wisely. But still, I don't know any better system than democracy. And as far as NATO is concerned, I am very militaristic, especially concerning the European part.

[@musiqtee]

@@ronaldderooij1774 Well… The people getting it wrong is simply emergent from people being just that. What to do - use force? It usually fails. To your other statement on militarism, I just elect to cancel myself. Have a nice weekend! 😊

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@ronaldderooij1774 I like to say (and it's not original to me) that democracy is a bad system¹ - except for all the others, which are universally worse. ¹We elect politicians - fine, but the system does not optimize for politicians who do a great job. It optimizes for politicians who are good at getting elected. That's ... not good. But I don't know how to make it better.

[@omarsaul7287]

Politician's logic: "something must be done. this is something, therefore we must do it."

[@SalihGoncu]

Well, I have to say I'm 100% in line with you. - Working with the Ukrainian Refugees since day one and crossing the paths with the Syrian and Afghan refugees, there is a lot more to do than "just giving them money and hoping they don't exist anymore"

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

I've never heard of Ukrainians doing anything like what an Afghan did in Mannheim or what a Syrian did in Solingen.

[@Apokalypse456]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm yet. there will be a story, a case and a giant newsfeed covering it for a week stirring up anti-ukrainian and even more anti-immigrant sentiments. Its just a fact that any group of people has its criminals, its mad and psychopaths. the more of them there are, the more likely those 3 manifest in the same person, leading to tragedy.

[@eurasianlynx]

​@@DavidZ4-gg3dmbecause people from both sides of those conflicts are here: those the west supported, and those who the west was fighting.

[@jasonfleischer3622]

Imagine being a cross border commuter and having to deal with this!

[@nirfz]

Even during the border controls during covid lockdowns, there were special steps taken for commuters.

[@gargoyle7863]

RFID-Pass? There are solutions.

[@mats7492]

@@nirfz Never worked.. My friend still had to show his vaccine-passport every time despite the promise that commuters wouldnt have to.. took him an extra 1-2h each day..

[@mats7492]

@@gargoyle7863 a technical solution? In germany? Have you slept under a rock during covid?

[@nirfz]

@@mats7492 Was different on different border crossing between the same countries. There were some that cost people lot's of time, and some that didn't. But in general, even when everyone else was not allowed to cross the border (vaccine certificate or not) commuters that needed to cross for work were allowed to.

[@strafrag1]

Great video, Andrew. Cheers.

[@PotsdamSenior]

Oh, if more people would be as level headed as you! A lot of people seem to enjoy panicking...

[@bobabier5394]

And there are many Germans who are level headed. They just don't scream so loud and don't just blame others just for the sake of the oncoming election. My fear is, that we will have just a right and a left party like in the US and all other parties are kinda pointless.

[@peterclarke7240]

For some, it's merely an opportunity to stir the pot.

[@EdMcF1]

On one British TV in the 1990s, I heard an unkind 'German Knock-knock joke' that went like this 'Ker-nock, Ker-nock' 'Who's there" 'Vere are your papers?".

[@RoonMian]

If we're comparing how the UK and Germany handle immigration and borders, it's not Germany that comes off as more authoritarian.

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

@RoonMian Unfortunately, that seems to be necessary in the UK and EU at the present time. More passport checks, not knock-knock jokes. Here's one anyhow. A German knock-knock joke: -*knock-knock* -Who's th... -WE ASK ZE QUESTIONS!!!! (via the late great Robin Williams)

[@gargoyle7863]

@@RoonMian Germany is not coming off more authoritarian... yet.

[@Stupping]

i appreciate your take on stuff, please continue!

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

Thank you for being a voice of reason Andrew!

[@John_Weiss]

5:30 "…hate-preachers who can radicalize them and maniupulate them into committing violent acts." And some of those Hate-Preachers are *_Politicians._*

[@choryferguson2196]

Thank you for this level-headed insight.

[@apollo-9725]

I'm a pharmacist from Egypt I spent the last 10 months studying German language and I love Germany, want to work there please don't close the borders

[@Yara11113]

There is no problem for educated people like doctors. Especially those who are from north africa. L'Allemagne c'est un pays bureaucratique son économie dépend des étrangers

[@apollo-9725]

@@Yara11113 thanks Yara No need for French here 😂

[@Yara11113]

@@apollo-9725 the fact that l'm not fluent in English, and i coudn't compte the sentence, so i completed what i wanted to say in French Good luck on your" German journey"

[@apollo-9725]

@@Yara11113 you from Morocco

[@Yara11113]

@@apollo-9725 No, i'm from Algeria.

[@Tulpen23]

I actually agree with everything you said and I’m happy to hear someone say it!

[@alexanderkupke920]

I just would add, some of the problems and ideas really sound easy to solve, but they are not. Sending people back to where they entered the EU and therefore should seek asylum, sounds easy, but it isn´t if they suddenly do not have any documents they "lost" or had been stolen on their way to Germany. In the worst case, the other country might just not take them back (which I assume would be against the treaty about them having to seek asylum where they enter.) Detaining them, sounds easy, but causes a horde of other problems (Plus being not a cheap solution at all). And then still you have the above problems. and the list goes on and on. Sadly no one seems to have real, workable and humane solutions to those problems, not the SPD, not the CDU, and sure not the AFD. For most of those to be honest I have to draw a blank myself, trying to think into the depths of the problem and potential measures to solve it.

[@oliviamacor]

@@alexanderkupke920 And I agree with all of those points as well. These are incredibly complex issues with the lives of many people at stake. Thus it would be refreshing to have a political system here that, instead of just reacting to problems as they come up (and often in extreme ways), would actually treat these issues with the seriousness and care that they and the affected people deserve and develop well-thought-out, comprehensive, reasonable, measured, and humane long-term plans - and then actually implement them efficiently. The climate crisis and the concurrent / resulting conflicts around the world will only continue to put pressure on the world's asylum policies as people flee to safety, all while the same pressures - along with the continued squeezing out of the middle class by the ever-deepening effects of neoliberal policies - will only continue to worsen living conditions domestically. These are all foreseeable developments that require a much more measured and comprehensive response than we're getting (here and elsewhere) - and unfortunately, than we have any sign of ever seeing. And I, too, draw a blank myself as to what those measures could be - esp. in the face of the current political realities. At least we can inform ourselves and do that deep thinking and have these discussions with others - for only such critical thinking and communication will keep the fear-mongering populists at bay.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Between the Netherlands and Germany, there are some of the busiest border crossings in the world. Especially lorries (and those are prone to illegal immigrants hiding in). So, I don't think there will be fresh vegitables, flowers and fruits in Germany soon. Just like in the UK, the expiration date will be a lot sooner. I expect at least a 24 hour waiting time, or maybe longer even.

[@Mishima505]

Supermarkets are going to be empty within a week if this happens.

[@mats7492]

@@herrmeistermann2426 Germany doesnt produce enough fruit and veg to supply the whole country.. There will be price hikes like never seen before and shortages..

[@TheLikeys]

@@herrmeistermann2426well, transportation emissions aren’t as easy as saying same country = good. Look supplying NRW supermarkets from Benelux is more efficient then shipping the goods from Bavaria to Aachen..

[@TheLikeys]

Honestly, I guess it could be a good thing if this happens. Unfortunately we’re at a point where the people are so ignorant, they seem to need to learn things the hard way. Let’s just play this out for one week with full on border control to all our neighbours. Every truck, ship, train, car, flight - and see what this will do to our economy in this short amount of time. Maybe those populists will finally get to understand the immense benefits we enjoy from open borders. A bit like this EDEKA ad, where they removed all imported goods from the shelfs and almost nothing was left.

[@Mishima505]

@@herrmeistermann2426 you know that German farmers alone can’t grow enough produce to supply the country? So they have to import from other EU countries in order to keep the shops stocked.

[@Talon5516-tx3ih]

Merz is after the AfD vote so the last thing he wants to be seen to do is work together with the coalition. Of course Scholz was using this attempt at cooperation to neutralise the threat of AfD voters turning to the CDU. What the righties never seem to understand is that doing what they want would cost a fortune, both in terms of implementing it as well as the economic damage of delay at borders. And ultimately anyone intent on killing people won't worry much about illegally crossing a border and there are always ways to do that. If any country should understand that it's Germany. But as usual history gets forgotten remarkably quickly.

[@xaverlustig3581]

Merz already expressed that he would like a coalition with the Greens so nobody is going to believe him

[@senfdazu2230]

Your comrades in the east would disagree. They protected their borders very efficiently against refugees. Should be a piece of cake to protect our borders against terrorists.

[@kapuzinergruft]

What a lot of bullocks... to compare the third reich with the crisis with refugees... Lefties forgot to use their brains while riding the wave of Selbstbeweihräucherung

[@John_Weiss]

With the rightwing, it's always about what Feels Satisfying, with no thought _ever_ given to the consequences.

[@Flo-vn9ty]

It's not only a matter of money: many things are not even possible. Controlling the border in a way that not even one illegal immigrant can cross it for example. Our border has a length of roughly 3800 km. It's impossible to control all of that.

[@code051]

Closing the borders is just so dumb and senseless 😢. I can't believe what is happening around me. At this point I'm really struggling to understand what is going through so many peoples heads

[@maxlutz3674]

It´s likely to make problems worse. People will find a way to sneak in. The police is already understaffed and now has to divert resources to an endeavour with questionable benefit.

[@mats7492]

@@maxlutz3674 "find a way" is easy.. just avoid the highway and drive trough a village on a small street and across the border.. if you see police at the border just turn around and use one street 5km further down the road done 7200km border and hundreds of streets to cross into germany.. if you walk, you can cross pretty much everywhere.. its all so pointless

[@Shusui350]

If they reject you at the border they 'll have your data (fingerprints etc.). So if they find you later in Germany after you sneaked over the border they will identify you and get rid of you quite quickly. So better use the green border in the first place.

[@RedScorpion778]

@@mats7492they also have officers in civilian cars waiting by the small border entries. Sure, some people will always find a way, but reducing the amount entering is a good start. This will also become much more common unless our external eu borders finally get protected.

[@mats7492]

@@RedScorpion778 Yeah, keep telling yourself that.. Bundespolizei is already understaffed now.. Checking ALL borders is impossible and there wont be any Hinterlandkontrollen anymore.. This will chnage nothing for the better, it will make things worse..

[@nirfz]

Well said.

[@dogtheirishpup]

very very well spoken as always

[@GeneralKenobi69420]

"I'm mentally ill" ahh lookin profile

[@ThamiorSilberdrache]

You are right, adressing the housing crisis would be very important! Treating traumatized people would be very, very important. That doesn't only mean immigrants. We have a raising number of psychological problems and as far as I can tell, we do not even manage to treat our own traumatized. We need way, way more psychological care. Oh, talking about care: That would, in general, be another very, very important topic to discuss! Another important thing to discuss would be education. Statistics show that the average voter for the far-right parties is significantly less educated then the voters of other parties (note that I am talking about statistic averages here. That doesn't mean that everyone voting for the far-right ist stupid or uneducated or something like that. There are even some very intelligent people voting far-right... for completely different reasons than the uneducared ones.) A lower education makes you more prone to hate-preaching, fake-news, conspirancy theories or generaly uneducated, in parts anti-scientific opinions like denying man-made climate change. (note that the german AfD is the only large and important european far-right party that completely denies human influences on the world's climate!) We have so many important topics in germany our government should address and that would weaken the influence of the far-right because it would significantly decrease the discontent among the people. The topic of immigration however is not even among those topics. Yes, an immigrant killed three people in Solingen and there have been islamistic terror attempts in Munich and in Linz in Austria and in some other places in the last weeks alone (where it is to note that the one guy in Munich was an immigrant... from Austria, not from somwhere in Arabia!) And yes, those deaths were unnecessary and could maybe have been prevented. But that is no reason that politicians know no other topic than immigration anymore. Yesterday alone (on any average day in germany), around 180 people were killed due to alcohol. Many of them not because they willingly chose to drink alcohol, accepting the risk, but because some drunken guy drove into them with a car. Or got violent and attacked them where he wouldn't have done so without alcohol. Are we discussing to reject any alcohol imports? No, we are not. We simply accept those deaths as a society. I'm sorry if you think this comparison is a little off, but that's what a democratic society is about. When we know about risks, we as a society have to decide which ones we are willing to take and which ones we are not willing to take. And everyone is invited to contribute their own views. Well, here is mine: I am far more willing to invest much, much more money into drug prevention (including alcohol) and I am quite sure this way we could save much more lives than by rejecting thousands of innocents that dream of a new and better live in germany just because one in thousands of them might be a possible killer someday. Yes, of course we should try to find these individuals before they can act. Yes, we totaly should get rid of them (in a constitutional way). But this is NOT among our biggest problems at all. The other way around: focussing all our attention, from politics as from the media, like we are doing right now, solely on that single one topic, does not only make all our numerous other problems worse because we don't tackle them (and therefore increasing future discontent), it also only benefits one single group of people: extremists! If we make the people believe that immigration is the one and only root for all the problems we have right now, the people will turn to the group that they believe will end the immigration: the far-right. Closing borders does not bring back those people, it confirms them. "Look, now even the left-wingers have to admit that the far-right was correct from the very beginning!" This strategy will not bring back a single vote! And still most mainstream parties like CDU, SPD, FDP and in parts even the Greens are not even remotely willing to stop it. And the stronger the far-right gets, the stronger will also get their counterpart. No, not the left-wing extremists, but the islamists. The more far-right our politic becomes, the easier it is for them to find young people that believe them when they are told we, the germans, are their enemies.

[@terdragontra8900]

Correlation is not causation, so perhaps it’s not that less education causes right populism, but that right populists don’t want as much education. If that’s true, then incentivizing them to go to college more or something won’t work. I personally think that the internet is atomizing society into a bunch of mini groups that don’t talk to each other, which increases extremism and psychological issues as more and more people don’t belong in a real community, and that this trend will inevitably keep getting worse as technology increases blazing fast these days. But depression may be the root of this pessimism.

[@metinabay6884]

Import the third world->become the third world

[@RedScorpion778]

The statistics also prove that immigrants are majorly overrepresented in crime. Look it up. But sure, since more people are falling victim to alcohol, we should just keep all the borders wide open and let every person in without checking ID or criminal records. Almost weekly a foreigner stabs someone in germany, you probably didn’t hear about the iraqi that killed a 61 year old manager of the refugee home in Sarstedt 2 weeks ago, he had multiple rejected asylum requests and was supposed to be deported, and now another person is dead. Imagine if your family member died because of someone that was supposed to be deported. At the beginning of this month a syrian r@ped a 12 year old girl in Braunschweig. Did you hear anything in the media about this? In April, a 4 year old girl was also stabbed at a supermarket by a syrian. The list goes on and on and on, it keeps happening, but it seems that people like you don’t care about these innocent people, maybe until you are the victim….

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Thank you for saying it.

[@Herzschreiber]

Einfach nur danke, Andrew!

[@ajfrostx]

I live on the Franco-German border and this is going to be fun - can't wait to have my passport checked on my way to the supermarket... while we didn't even have checks during most of COVID.

[@GeneralKenobi69420]

Je suis allé a Kehl hier et il y avait énormément de voitures de police mais 0 checks. Je pense qu'ils savent que sinon ça provoquerait des bouchons sur des kilomètres des 2 côtés et aucune des 2 villes n'a envie de ça

[@samuell.foxton4177]

There’s a tram line across the border at Kehl. How are they going to handle that?

[@mats7492]

@@samuell.foxton4177 just lik all the restrictions during covid.. politicians dont think about things like that.. they just blurt something out thats sounds good and let other people deal with the catastropic ramifications..

[@RedScorpion778]

@@GeneralKenobi69420that’s because these specific checks only started yesterday the 16th. They don’t care about traffic jams.

[@RedScorpion778]

@@samuell.foxton4177by getting on the tram

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

Merz? Middleclass* Merz? No integrity? Unpossible! *He is just like you fellow middle class people, he only has one private jet!

[@vilena5308]

Incidents I remember most from these last few years were problematic individuals who were known, on watch list, etc. and were not deported when they were supposed to. This was in Germany, Belgium and France. That does not seem like a border issue.

[@yeetyeet7070]

bruh, I am missing all of this by not reading any news/propaganda. I feel sorry for everyone who still does

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

Great video, I couldn't agree more. I will say the same thing I said to a couple of politicians back here in the UK. Your job as leader is to lead, not follow. You want to stop illegal immigration you let people in legally. You want to make them contribute, you give them jobs not lock them up. When you've got a housing crisis and a pool of labour there are plenty of entry level jobs they could be doing and the highly skilled ones are an asset to the economy elsewhere. Back here in the UK we have all the border controls, 20+ miles of quite dangerous open sea, and 15 years of unwelcoming immigration policy yet we still have refugees and other desparate people getting here any way we can. The climate crisis is only going to make the issue greater in the future so all of us in Europe and North America are going to have to come up with strategy for integrating yet more people. Reacting to populist parties won't cut it.

[@Ph1lW0]

And yet there are still more deaths and societal cost caused by societally accepted forces like traffic deaths, heat deaths, tobacco, alcohol, diabetes- but still no “closing borders” on topics like tempolimit, restrictions in harmful advertising etc.

[@Flo-vn9ty]

@@Ph1lW0 Because this is not about facts and numbers but about feelings (not only from the politicians, but also from the people and the media).

[@mats7492]

cause politicians get bribed left and right by lobbyists to NOT do anything about the real dangers to peoples lives

[@RedScorpion778]

Your point being? Borders shouldn’t be checked until cigarettes are banned and a tempolimit is set?

[@mats7492]

@@RedScorpion778 Not surprising that you dont get the point

[@RedScorpion778]

@@mats7492 nice argument lmao

[@Mr.Gee3]

For quite a few months, the German- Polish border at Frankfurt Am Oder has been a major pain in the ass to cross due to the border control 😢 but I completely understand the German government decision when we see situations like Russia flying Syrians for free and releasing them in the Belarus-Polish border. We live in a fu**ed world.

[@Ausknutz]

100% agree with you. I remember back in 2015 a friend of mine told me that these mass migrations would not work in the long run, because no way there would be enough houses and integration courses for them all. He is a socialist by the way. How German politicians missed this?

[@ptronic]

Ideology before common sense. It's pretty much historical knowledge that countries need to have borders and controls and we just went insane.

[@rjdavies1982]

The reality here in the UK is that large organised gangs are running small boats across the channel without giving a f who lives or dies in the process. These boats should be stopped from ever making the crossing in first place and we need to work with more closely with France to achieve this aim.

[@dennism.8792]

You point it out right! Thanks! The problem in Germany is that we only got reactive solutions and only in a few cases long term solutions. And even we got long term solutions, the next course could be the opposite. Long term solutions will not benefit the political party, since it will not benefit the next vote. Since many people don't look that far in the future, unfortunately.

[@ProModsETS2User]

1:38 In Upper Austria, border check waiting times are a regular feature of traffic news bulletins.

[@AMOGLES99]

"Papers please?" In Germany I have never heard a border guard use the word please.

[@maxlutz3674]

I did. Many of them seem to be polite.

[@samuell.foxton4177]

I also have, at Aachen Hbf on the Thalys (now Eurostar). Despite Schengen, there are random passport controls

[@mats7492]

@@samuell.foxton4177 Schnegen is dead. Lets not kid ourselves.. Nobody adheres to it anymore.. Denmark had regular checks on the border for almost 10 years now.. illegal under schengen they dont care and nobody does anything against that..

[@robertjarman3703]

It is from a video game about a decade ago called Papers Please, where you serve as a border guard for the autocratic state of Artzotska and you inspect people's customs information, eventually ending up with the possibility of taking bribes and/or escaping or even working with a terrorist group to overthrow the government from the inside.

[@MATT-2033]

This problem is affecting all NATO countries and at his pount nobody seems to have an reaction better then a knee jerk reaction.

[@peterclarke7240]

Oddly enough, there ARE better reactions. Now, this is going to be unpopular to mention, due to how the media has been reporting things in the UK, but the Labour party are taking quite an interesting multi-pronged approach which is designed to address things like immigration and the housing crisis at the same time. How it all works out will depend on how much anger the media can foment around things like not giving millionaires £300 every christmas to heat their homes (25% of all UK pensioners are millionaires, 75% own their own homes outright, and a staggering 89% of pensioners have enough in savings to see them through a great many winters. They are the second-richest demographic by age in the UK, after all).

[@MATT-2033]

@@peterclarke7240 the news media is run by histerical drama queens. I don't care if it's left wingers right wingers or centrist. They should earn there pay fix the problem. The majority of Voters are incredibly ignorant.

[@jaromir_kovar]

I know that the border checks were only a small part of the video topic and I enjoy the fact that I can travel throughout EU without a passport. But I didn't find the checks annoying or intrusive. Myself (Czech) with a car-full of friends went last week multiple times from CZ to PL, CZ to DE and PL to DE, due to the holiday spot close to the tripoint. There were checks on PL-DE line (only in direction to DE) but we didn't need a passport and weren't even stopped (only had to slow down). The police just looked inside the car, checking all the faces. No problem, no hold up, no stress. I've got to say that we all look ethnically Czech, however, so I can imagine that not everyone would get the same treatment.

[@mats7492]

Cause you arent brown or black.. those will be checked.. its pure racism..

[@robertkalinic335]

Ethnically czech aka tracksuit and sweatpants aka the standard issue uniform of eastern europe.

[@galdavonalgerri2101]

It should always be like that, as you describe it. I still remember the time before the Schengen Agreement, when not only the German-German border cost a lot of time and nerves, but all borders meant a loss of time and good mood. Control-free travel was then hailed as a great achievement of the future. Now it is senselessly being subordinated to right-wing populist forces

[@mats7492]

i have a friend thats black (born and raised in germany, german passport). hes already experiencing blatant racism from border police at airports. he gets questioned 9/10 times.. ive been there to see it.. and they always start to talk to him in their broken english.. even after hes given them his passport.. He was born in german, his native language is german! and they check if his passport isnt a forgery almost every time.. never did it with mine its obvious racial targeting, theyve never asked me anything ever.. im white hes gonna have a terrible time crossing the german land border as well.

[@fabianauer1986]

@@mats7492 Its just a million times more likely that a white person is not illegal here, its not racism it is just math

[@jonjohnson2844]

The straws on the EU camels back are definitely starting to add up

[@HalfEye79]

That with Schengen the borders should be open is correct, but only a part of it. The whole thing is, that the borders within the EU should be open, when the outer borders are protected. But it seems, that the outer borders of the EU aren't protected. So, it is reasonable to protect the inner borders.

[@mats7492]

Its not "resonable" cause its impossible and a waste of time and money.. How are you protecting 7200km of ONLY german borders.. HOW?

[@HalfEye79]

@@mats7492 The same way, the border was protected before Schengen was a thing.

[@mats7492]

@@HalfEye79 so, no protection at all.. People like you pretend that just "protecting" the borders will fix the problem.. You cant secure borders that are thousands of km long.. Never ever!

[@LuluTheCorgi]

​@@HalfEye79so the same way it's now, you basically don't They couldn't even stop people from crossing the God damn berlin wall

[@nbmoleminer5051]

Detention centres are never a good decision just look up the horror stories about everywhere around the world throughout time

[@53m1k0l0n]

It's Germany, our Gov never really thinks about the future, they are most of the time only reacting and trying to postpone it till the next party is "ruleing".

[@poulhnilica8987]

There are lines, but usually not as long. This is due to the fact that the internal checks are not near the level of what was before... It has been at least somewhat realized that for many daily commuters internal borders are "lines on the map" that they cross every day for work, social activities and relax (sometime literally in the middle of the street in the local town...)

[@LuluTheCorgi]

Cant even get shengen benefits anymore in this hell hole Cant wait to be able to leave

[@Rebellpfilosuffi]

To understand our government, the idea may help: By car, at a traffic light, waiting for the right signal, which displays the signals randomly and not systematically.

[@brucequinnplayground2114]

"Tailblacks" was easy to understand but is a UK word not heard in the US. "Traffic backups" might be a US phrase.

[@ronin667]

I don't disagree with anything you've said in this video, you're absolutely right. My impression is, our politicians have not only stopped thinking altogether, but also have stopped acting years or even decades ago. If you look at the past era of the CDU and their varying coalition partners, they concentrated almost exclusively on foreign policy while completely neglecting domestic policy. The refugee crisis is a prime example: Opening the borders for refugees was a foreign policy thing, but once they're in, they become a domestic issue and get completely ignored (until something terrible happens). It's been 9 years since the first wave of refugees, and STILL institutions are completely overwhelmed. You could think that 9 years is ample time to streamline the processes and increase the capacity of the institutions, but nothing was done. And it's only one example of many. Our infrastructure deteriorates to the point where bridges start collapsing. Prices are rising, the bureaucracy is strangling small businesses, the housing crisis keeps reaching new levels of insanity, Deutsche Bahn is FUBAR, digitalization is still in the 20th century, and the healthcare system, once a paragon of its kind, is also going to shit. Most of these problems have been known to exists for decades, yet they haven't been addressed.

[@Flo-vn9ty]

@@ronin667 Some (not all) of these issues have been addressed. But I can't remember the last time a government did something that actually worked. Most of the time what their doing doesn't really solve the problem or makes it even worse.

[@ronin667]

@@Flo-vn9ty Can you name one of the problems I listed above that has been addressed? Serious question, I can't think of anything, As for doing anything that actually works, that's not how modern governments operate. To quote Ursula von der Leyen on what she said about the web blocks against child porn that she came up with, back when she was minister for family affairs: "The measure is not aimed at success, but at recognizing an obligation to act" (original: "Die Maßnahme ist nicht auf einen Erfolg ausgerichtet, sondern auf Anerkennung einer Handlungspflicht"). In other words: We have no idea what we are doing, but we have to pretend that we're doing something for our money. We Germans have - as always - a single word for it: "Symbolpolitik".

[@Flo-vn9ty]

@@ronin667 When it comes to infrastructure (at least if we don't only talk about physical infrastructure): the healthcare system was 'fixed' several times. When it comes to the housing crisis their were seval attempts to stop the increase in rents. But like I said: nothing they did worked and in case of the healthcare system, it made the situation even worse. When it comes to digitalization: they put incentives in place to build broadband networks, b ut again: it didn't really work. Years ago, they introduced the new ID card, that can be used to digitally sign applications, but there are still very few things where you can actually use it, ....

[@ronin667]

@@Flo-vn9ty Yeah, all signs that we haven't had any politicians in decades who weren't completely incompetent. Stopping the rise in rents by simply prohibiting raising rents is a terrible idea, because it won't lead to more living space - on the contrary, the incentive to build more flats is being stifled. Which is what all the experts predicted, but when did politicians ever listen to the experts. Sometimes it appears to me as if politicians even take pride in their own incompetence, and in deliberately ignoring national issues. For example, appointing a muppet like Andi Scheuer as minister for transportation and not even firing him when he screwed up big time was the government's giant "fuck you" to the population. It was a message meaning, "we don't give a damn about you".

[@Mishima505]

Either every vehicle will have to be checked causing massive disruption especially to supply chains or it will be done at random which render the point of these checks completely useless…

[@gruffelo6945]

Spot on!

[@edubrunne1677]

5:59 A friend of mine was evicted from his flat because it was converted into a refugee camp. He's not voting pro-immigration anymore.

[@timsch4101]

Your opinion is completely objective and it's a crying shame how most german political parties react to this attack.

[@martinc.720]

"Border controls may have not prevented this" Politicians at their best. "As long as I look like I'm doing something, it's good enough."

[@maxlutz3674]

Realistically even the deportation may not have prevented that. After a successful application for asylum in Bulgaria he would have been free to travel in the Schengen area.

[@martinc.720]

@@maxlutz3674 Realistically there is no way to prevent that. Regardless of the measures in place, someone is always going to find a way. But right now politicians take measures, which makes people happy. "Problem solved? Not even close. Are people more likely to vote for me now that I look like the guy who gets things done? That's what matters."

[@mats7492]

@@maxlutz3674 and even without, there is NOTHING stopping people from just walking through the woods or fields into a different country.. Germany alone has 7200km of borders.. It was never possible to prevent people from entering, even before schengen

[@kaiserklausmouse]

Arstotzka arc

[@JustyandRaymond]

East/West Grestin = East/West Berlin 😳😳😳

[@panzrok8701]

5:10 Most migrants aren't actually refugees from any war zone.

[@JHenryEden]

"oh my god! he stabbed my infant daughter!" "yeah but he traumatized tho" "oh, i am so sorry. i didn't know. stab away."

[@jamesharrison2374]

I lived in Germany during the time when borders were still a thing, and never left the house with out ID or my Passport. With world politics building detention centers would not have a good look. If those that create the wars would have to take care of the people escaping it would change quicker. The US where I currently live wants to close the border and make the people apply and be processed prior to entering the country. I think we will see many changes over the next few years. On my recent trip it took 2.5 hours to clear pass control and get out of the airport, the actual people checking passports were great and friendly, guess that is because I am not your average Ami, I speak German, and can get along with them to brighten the day.

[@baritonfelix]

In other news: UK announces £10 ETA requirement for EU citiziens who wish to visit without a visa from next April. Hope the EU will reciprocate in full.

[@kreight_]

ETIAS

[@davianthule2035]

It has, this is actually the UK reciprocating, (although the entire fee/system was Britain's idea to begin with).

[@rvaviima]

According to the news, it also applies to layover flights. 😮

[@pooki-dooki]

Does anyone know if UK/Irish citizens are allowed to apply for it if they travel with a separate passport? ESTA in the US does not allow American citizens to apply, for example, even if they use a non-American passport.

[@ralfjansen9118]

​@@pooki-dookiThe own citizens, of course, do not need a visa, electronic application etc to enter their home land.

[@Shusui350]

Ireland did not sign Schengen agreement!?! Ooops. That's why the border officials in Dublin airport got so angry with me (german) when I left the plane and just passed them by to leave the airport without showing my papers.

[@rewboss]

Ireland maintains a Common Travel Area with the UK, Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Even when the UK was part of the EU, Man, Jersey and Guernsey were not. Having part of the CTA inside Schengen and part of it outside would have been problematic to say the least: the UK wasn't prepared to sign Schengen, the other territories weren't able to, so Ireland opted also to stay out of Schengen to preserve the integrity of the CTA.

[@Th0rodin]

At first I was pretty appalled tbh that you would not talk about how this is truly pandering to extreme right wing anti immigration rethoric and voter shifts. And I do think it is vital to have this in mind when talking about this issue. But I still have to admit that I do agree with a lot of the points you made toward the end and do think that your take is mostly well rounded.

[@Vanda-il9ul]

The voice of reason. These days hardly anybody listens to. Brexit is a good example.

[@soundscape26]

​@richardharrold9736Yes, because the UK doesn't have a ton of asylum seekers and migrants in general.

[@Tragicomedy2137]

​@richardharrold9736 UK is literally the most densely populated country in Europe xD They have tons of immigrants

[@masonhancock5350]

1. I respect and admire anyone from anywhere trying to better their lives in a legal, respectful manner. 2. Years ago, I was asking my progressive friends what would happen with Mass Immigration if the Western economies stalled, and housing became scarce and unaffordable. I never got a reasonable answer, except some vague optimism that “things will sort themselves out”. Massive population increases necessitate aggressive economic growth, and the growing number of violent migrants necessitates a police state. 3. Years ago, there was a failed belief in “nation building” in the Middle East, which involved all sorts of magical thinking, double think, outright lies that were ultimately driven by profit seeking corporations. This current crisis seems eerily similar.

[@TheSmallFrogs]

To be honest, the EU needs to grow a pair and enforce the spirit of the Schengen agreement, while also supporting the countries on the outer borders with immigration control. If we, the citizens of the EU, can't rely on trouble-free cross-border journeys, it removes much of the point of the single market, customs union and freedom of movement. Implementing temporary border controls in response to a known threat or known fugitives is entirely fair enough. Open-ended fishing trips aren't. Any country that doesn't like this can always sod off in a huff like my native land did...

[@klausklausi7484]

Das Schengenabkommen funktioniert halt nicht.

[@sizanogreen9900]

Dealing with problems cleverly and with foresight is simply not something we are doing here in germany. Or really anywhere in the world for the most part. You must be new here.

[@JuiceJedanJedini]

As a german i have to say, hopefully they will.

[@tiapina7048]

Hey, you should have shown one of the kitties when you were asking for people to subscribe!

[@entized5671]

Germany abusing Schengen exceptions will never get old

[@rainerm.8168]

I hope it does while applying its quite clear immigration laws. First: Real refugees from war countries (in cooperation with the EU countries), not in the Merkel way. Second: Granting asylum to folks persecuted by governments or certain national groupings who are in fear for their lives. Third: Legal immigration certified by varying immigration procedures. Easy. But for decennia German governments didn't. So now the problems are becoming more and more evident.

[@Sahnor]

Nancy "Mrs Ratlos" Faeser

[@Mishima505]

Desperate final act of a failed politician.

[@skymanste7630]

I have been travelling from Germany into Austria every day this week. There are border Police on every train. I counted 3 x illegal immigrants returned to Austria immediately.

[@mats7492]

out of how many thousands of people.. its a joke..

[@medo_0x00]

didd they check everyone? cause last time I was there a few months ago, they only checked number of people that I can count on my fingers

[@TadeuszCantwell]

As you are from the U.K do you think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is a basis for running a government? 😂😂

[@Brad-b5j]

The state of the Nation is inacceptable. Because of that, Schengen can be deactivated, because our safety is worth more. It would be better, if we protected our European borders, but it seems this doesnt work out.. its not panic, it just way too late...

[@DadgeCity]

Is every non-EU immigrant an asylum seeker?

[@soundscape26]

Surely not, If you arrive in a country already contracted by a company you obviously aren't a refugee

[@Flo-vn9ty]

No, but almost everyone that immigrates without having a visa. The small rest is actually illegal.

[@jolotschka]

Borders are not closed just controls are strengthened to enforce the Dublin agreement by immediately refusing entry to all who have no right of access based on that. And sadly the neighbors mostly did not enforce that as most just passed through. This stopped now. Just the federal police has a really hard time.. The main reason is to handle those who already had been denied access and those who are already registered in other EU countries. Hoping to avoid by this those who are mentally instable or driven by violent aims is I fear an illusion

[@rewboss]

The Dublin Agreement isn't about refusing people entry. It's a procedure to be followed to transfer asylum claims to another member state, and to ensure that each asylum seeker can claim only in one country.

[@soarel325]

Really disheartening to see centrist and left-wing parties ceding ground to the far right's framing on things like immigration lately

[@xaverlustig3581]

The German government' are quite right wing and authoritarian. My guess is that they secretly welcome the excuse to implement border controls they wanted anyway, perhaps for a different reason. So it's rather one flavour of right wing pretending to cede to another flavour of right wing.

[@Flo-vn9ty]

I think we actually need to change something about the asylum system. But I think rejecting asylum seekers at the border etc. is not the change we need. What we need are strategies and ressources to process asylum applications in reasonable time. Currently it takes years (on average) until the officials decided if they grant someone asylum or not.

[@robertkalinic335]

What left wing? Its like saying right and left hand but both grew on your right side of the body.

To be honest I was scared of this video. Where I moved to after Germany similar ideas have come up and only went into the worse direction by not allowing any refugees even thou it would be illegal. The rise of fascism and the ignorance of systems that are tainted by it is a long running issue in Germany. We have remnants of Nazi laws and systems that hinder free speech which now help those fascists. In this context the government should show a stance against fear of foreigners but instead even so the green party supports systems such as detention camps.

[@divineantiwokewarrior]

well then we can also ask ourself why should german states within germany not close and control their Borders, or cities withhin states.

[@piekay7285]

When I took a Train that crossed from Austria to Germany a year ago it was stopped and searched by the federal police. They didn’t even check most people thoroughly. You have a Personalausweis? Probably going to be fine. Checking the entire train took like 5 minutes. Just to show what "border checks" really mean

[@BarnOwl61]

They know who to check, believe me..!

[@mats7492]

well, thats ONE Train.. there hundreds of thousands of cars goinmg through germany every day and hundreds of trains.. if tehy do that with everyone, youll wait for hours on every border..

[@Oendikla]

i can't not think about the Peter Griffin skin color chart meme

[@rosaecrux]

I can see that you have problems with the explanations here. It is still because all asylum seekers disappear, the states set each other difficult conditions for transfer. This is why it fails, no matter how often other countries in the EU agree to take in refugees. This can be researched, including the figures.

[@BigHam.Flausch]

I grew up with border controls.. I’m very happy with waiting a few minutes to be more safe .. it’s all a shame

[@mats7492]

"a few minutes" will turn into hours cause its " a few minutes" for everyone And you wont be "more safe" someone planing an attack can just cross the border somwhere in the forst or a field .. you cant check 7000km of border

[@paolagrando5079]

Unfortunately, it's unlikely to be only few minutes

[@mats7492]

a few minutes times tens of thousands every day.. delays will be hours

[@SuperTommox]

Immigration is a European problem. We should deal with this as a whole.

[@alexanderkupke920]

That is what reasonable politicians across Europe, but mainly in those countries who accept the most refugees and immigrants, have been claiming for for years, but then you have countries like hungary and others who prefer not to take a single immigrant, so the whole idea fails, as then others don´t want to take any as well. I am just not sure why politicians in Germany seem to think we have to compensate for those all the time.

[@RTSFan1337]

Reactionism is all the german politcians of any party can do.

[@juliehayne4636]

Can anyone in this comments section recommend a good podcast in German covering politics and government? As a German learner I am trying to improve my vocabulary to talk about such topics. My ideal would be a podcast with intelligent presenters / moderators, who occasionally use levity.

[@LS-Moto]

Can't think of a podcast, but we have political talk shows. Search for Maybrit Illner, Caren Mioska, Maischberger, Hart aber Fair or Markus Lanz (although Markus Lanz is not always politics).

[@baritonfelix]

I'm sure those podcasts exist and I just don't know them. But there are also plenty of politics programmes on public radio available to stream. Politikum on WDR5 to name just one.

[@Sternburg]

Try Hoss und Hopf

[@kreight_]

Here are the podcasts I listen to on a regular basis (in alphabetical order): ARD Presseclub, Der Politikpodcast, Lage der Nation, Lanz und Precht, Stimmenfang, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft

[@auron_kryndhale]

Lage der Nation falls probably in what you are looking for. Every week deep discussion about the most important and recent events in Germany. They speak quite clearly, so even if you still don't master the language, you can understand most of it.

[@BigHam.Flausch]

I hope we do … I can’t go out at night as a woman

[@BarnOwl61]

Most of the time, I agree with you. In this case, not so much. The big problem is the unwillingness to admit that a lot of asylum seekers are not what they claim to be. They are only economically driven. Secondly, asylum seekers from the Middle East should seek asylum in neighbouring countries, not Western European countries. Would you seek asylum in Jemen? I think not....We, together as EU, must acknowledge this fact and stop this madness now. The time of unlimited entry in the EU must end. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@rewboss]

One of the problems is that so many asylum seekers have sought asylum in neighbouring countries -- many of which are poor and have their own problems with violent conflict -- that they literally have nowhere to put them. If you're a Palestinian fleeing Israeli missiles, would you honestly feel any safer in Lebanon or Syria? If you're an Israeli fleeing Hamas terrorists, are you going to want to seek refuge in any Muslim country at all? As for economic migrants posing as asylum seekers, that's extremely rare. It's also a stupid way of doing it: asylum seekers get the bare minimum of support they need to not starve and freeze, and they're not allowed to work to earn their own money. If you're an economic migrant and you can't get a work visa, you'd enter the country some other way, remain undocumented, and work for somebody who doesn't care about the law or paying taxes. If you go to any construction site or meat processing plant that employs people illegally, they're more likely to come from places like Romania and Turkey, not usually Syria and Afghanistan.

[@BarnOwl61]

@rewboss this is a big world, Rewboss. There are other countries besides in our homelands in Europe. Ask yourself, why do they not stay in Hungary or Romania if it is safety only they seek. No, they want our prosperity for free. As we are not honest enough to refuse them, we at least should prosses them quickly and limit appeals when access is denied.

[@rewboss]

@@BarnOwl61 But if they apply for asylum, they won't get access to "our prosperity". Romania has serious problems with high levels of poverty, corruption, and lack of facilities -- huge numbers of refugees left Romania because they had no money to pay the rents they were expected to pay; Hungary is notoriously one of the least welcoming countries in Europe and is actively discouraging refugees from going there, even building a fence to physically stop them. You expect asylum seekers to stay in countries where they will starve? On stay in countries where they're not even allowed in? Maybe if all the European countries could work together as some sort of... union, and had a mechanism of distributing refugees fairly and supporting the poorer countries so they could actually look after them, then we wouldn't have this problem dumped in our laps.

[@BarnOwl61]

@rewboss I said , the world is a lot bigger than just Europe. Frau Merkel was not in her right mind to invite all those people in. Now we see what happened. She doesn't have to live with the consequences. Common people do. So, again, stop this madness, we must.

[@Flo-vn9ty]

@@BarnOwl61 The problem is not that not all asylum seekers are eligible to it. The problem is that it takes officials years to process their asylum application and find out that their not eligible. Therefore it also takes years until they have to leave again.

[@HelmutQ]

lots of criticism without providing even an attempt to a solution. If somebody appears at German land borders asking for asylum, the request needs no consideration at any time or a legal procedure as all neighbours are considered safe third countries. Asylum has to be asked for entering the first country. A totally neglible fraction flees from wars and even if they do so under the Dublin accords they have no right to stay. As simple as that. It is not the law which prevents the government to act but the absurd interpretation of the law by left leaning judges. Can safely be ignored, as these courts have no means to implement their absurd verdicts. The whole thing started with an institutional breach of law in 2015, that of Mrs Merkelt letting in illegals without any basis. The situation is drastic enough that drastic measure will be taken. Remigration, detention are some of those measures. Human trafficking by NGO has and will be terminated. Fund and vessels seized and destroyed, crews incarcerated. Human trafficking is a serious crime even if Mr. Soros pays for it. It is them who are responsible and yes guilty for the deaths in the Mediterrenian. With no NGO vessels of the coast of Lybia nobody would go on a rubber boat to go to Sicily, nobody would drown, nobody would go to Lybia in the first place. This people are criminals, electing them into the EU parlament is simply unacceptable. Criminals have no right for office. Germany was by tendencies easier before the accession of Austria to the Eu: You were checked, but I do not remember queues.

[@mats7492]

So many incorrect claims in just one comment.. wow

[@MrGreatplum]

This sounds like “a concept of a plan” to me…

[@andysee6045]

0:10 How do you know they were "random people" he murdered? We know very little about the victims. One thing seems sure though, is that he deliberately killed non-Muslims.

[@soundscape26]

@@andysee6045 A relationship between the victims and the attacker was not established so that fits the criteria for having been random.

[@andysee6045]

@@soundscape26 Eh? So if a non-Muslim killed 3 Muslims you'd call it "random" too?

[@rewboss]

As far as we can reasonably tell, he simply tried to stab anyone who happened to be within his reach. The fact that he only managed to kill non-Muslims isn't surprising: there are an estimated 5,500 Muslims living in Solingen, which is about 3.5% of the total population. So on average, he would have had to have killed nearly 30 people for one of them, statistically speaking, to have been a Muslim. Obviously he didn't intend to kill any Muslims; but he didn't identify specific individuals he wanted to kill and then track them down, neither (as far as I know) did he ask his victims what religion they followed before stabbing them. This was, it seems, a terrorist attack, so he wouldn't have cared much if he had injured or killed a Muslim -- he would have viewed that as "collatoral damage", regrettable but necessary for the cause (or perhaps he would have viewed them as "not truly Islamic"). The main goal is to inspire fear and terror, hence "terrorist", so it's really only about causing as much death and carnage as possible.

[@soundscape26]

​@@andysee6045It depends on the context. Was he targeting non-Muslims? Yes, at least he would hope so. Were they chosen at random? Yes as well, it's not mutually exclusive.

[@andysee6045]

@@rewboss Islamic State claimed "the attacker targeted Christians". Therefore not a random case. An insult to the victims to suggest so.

[@djlondon7956]

I love your videos but you have become ALARMINGLY ORANGE. I think it's okay to be pale, because I am. Thank you so much.

[@guerreiro943]

Nah, sorry, too much common sense. Politicians do not work that way.

[@SamAronow]

So Germany is upgrading it’s border to the level of California’s border with the rest of the US.

[@varana]

Being stopped on a rainy day in the middle of nowhere on the Nevada/California "border" to have the car inspected for apples and cucumbers was a really surreal experience.

[@SamAronow]

@@varana We are taught from a young age to be extremely patriotic about our produce and I won’t apologize for it.

[@user6343]

temporary things are the most permanent

[@unbekannteruser2418]

One of the problems with German asylum law is, yet again, embedded in our history. Due to the unfortunate part of our country's history with prosecuting political rivals, it is engrained in our constitution that anyone has a right to seek asylum here. That's why repealing or changing it has always been so controversial.

[@Taladar2003]

That isn't a German law, that is international law. Anyone has the right to seek asylum in any other country.

[@andysee6045]

@@Taladar2003 Not true, it only applies to countries that are in the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.

[@unbekannteruser2418]

@@Taladar2003 But few countries have actually written it into their constitution.

[@hantoosh1200]

How about that the EU stops its sanctions on Syria, which are resulting in an unbearable situation for most Syrians leading them to choose to leave their country at all costs?

[@hantoosh1200]

@richardharrold9736 Does it seem to you in any way that Assad is affected by these sanctions? Seriously?

[@Tragicomedy2137]

What a stupid idea...

[@hantoosh1200]

​@@Tragicomedy2137 why?

[@hantoosh1200]

@richardharrold9736 Honestly, I don't think it is a very good idea to punish a whole nation in the name of limiting the capability of the dictator suppressing them... In such cases the ruling class is the very last to suffer. It's not like they are giving away their money to the starving people!

[@toma_radboa]

​@richardharrold9736 Are any of the other undemocratic countries in that area such as Saudi Arabia, UAE or Israel under sanctions? No, beacuse there is a direct benefit to the west by supporting them. Starving innocent people and then blaming them when they move to find a better life will not in any way bring peace to the region

[@robert48719]

Are you accusing US to be the bad ones here? So if we don't treat a possible PTSD on tax payers money it's our fault if the go bezerk on innocent people? *No Andrew* . This is one of those arguments that make the AFD party strong

[@ivanarciniegas7324]

Capitalism is the root of all the problems. tax the rich and invest that money where it is needed

[@acoknitteruntemha]

lol Germany has already high taxes for rich tho

[@nicholassiminson2699]

Is it possible for you to articulate „normally“ ? Never mind the Dramatics

[@poissonpuerile8897]

He now speaks YBE (KZbin British English). It's like traditional British English, but with a large number of artificial, melodramatic pauses, as well as cheesily exaggerated intonation.

[@soundscape26]

@@nicholassiminson2699 No, we like it that way.

[@Germanistan]

Please do not mix up illegal immigration and actual war refugees. There is a huge difference and I know it is not very woke to point out this difference but it is necessary if you want to stick with the facts.

[@Flo-vn9ty]

Actually: a lot of what people call illegal immigration here is not even illegal. People are allowed to apply for asylum. So they are not illegal until their asylum application was denied and they don't leave the country. What's illegal of cause is immigrating without a visa and without applying for asylum.

[@LarsPW]

I suggested to check migrants on traumata since years but even German citizens struggle for psychological treatment. And finally it is not Germanys duly task to heal and school the worlds children. Every time I hear about a school with 98% migrant students I ask "what for?" Why their home countries do not pay fees for that?