I live in Switzerland, clearly you do not know there is a large Muslim population here (same percentage as the rest of Western Europe) and many refugees

Which explains why importing large numbers of people from continents and belief systems different from Europe has been working out so well ... uh wait...

When one compares this to the acceptance of Poland of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in precisely the same time window the absurdity of your position becomes all the more clear.

bend and twist, bend and twist...

My sources are where your answers to my questions are, not in this topic....

And your source for this rosy view?

The OH was listening to Deutschlandfunk this morning and she says there was an opinion piece by a guy saying that it's so wonderful to see all the parties (apart from the AfD) being in such close agreement over virtually everything. This only proves, so he said, what inner peace the Germans have found and how wonderful everything is.

Well, you certainly don't miss an opportunity to defend her.

Does this surprise you?

According to Merkal

- Eastern Europe is evil and must be punished
- UK is bad and must be punished
- USA is bad and must be punished
- Turkey is bad and must be punished

Oh, any I wonder why so many people have stopped liking us?

Certainly nothing to do with Merkel.

I'm sure very shortly the mods will be along to warn you about personal attacks etc.

I am however surprised in your interest in bourgeois golf courses... surely such a betrayal of the proletariat cannot go unpunished ??

In your case, they're willing to make an exception.

German Bantz

Federal prosecutors dismiss 1,000 complaints against Merkel for high treason

It's comforting to see that local.de is no better than local.ch

Only 5-12% more and she can get in the ballpark with Trump's approval rating!

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...trip/23188346/

Merkel's approval rating is 59%.

Source

Not only that, but unless something totally unexpected happens in the next few weeks, the upcoming election is going to be a stroll in the park for her.

Not only is she herself very popular but Schultz is proving particularly ineffective.

The speculation right now doesn't really seem to be about how high Merkel will win, but how badly Schultz will lose.

Excellent news, thank you!

Which part of that article is "news"?

Seems to me like the local doing its typical thing and copy-pasting from stuff that's mostly old and gluing it together with fluff.

Defending people against unfair attacks does not make one a supporter! You will know there is a difference between a sufficient condition and a necessary condition.

Who is "us"? EF, Switzerland? According to your profile you are from the UK!

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded the release of German citizens detained in Turkey, describing their imprisonment as "unjustified" on Tuesday.

In July, Turkish authorities arrested German human rights activist Peter Steudtner and nine others, charging them with "committing crimes in the name of a terrorist organization without being a member."

Source

Good move by Merkel, hope the prisoners are released.

Comparing a multi-party to a dual party system ... yaaawn

This phrasing is one for lawyers:
The main accusation here sounds to be acting in the name of a group one is not a member of.

The arrest occured on 5th July.

Not sure why it took so long for her to protest.

Maybe because Merkel reads The Local?