ML-Implode News - Angela Merkel Changes her Stance on Refugee Limits

Even though she is still publicly sticking to her rhetoric, Merkel has been on the retreat for about two weeks. Leading CDU parliamentarians received the first signs of her change of heart in early November, when they met with her at the Chancellery. In the meeting, the chancellor clearly promised that she would support a reduction in refugee numbers, says one of the attendees. "I cannot guarantee that you will already see a change in the coming weeks," the attendee said, quoting Merkel. But she also said that the current situation could not continue as it was.
... the quota solution only makes sense if Europe's external borders so tightly controlled that hardly anyone can get through... In return, the borders within Europe could remain open. This is important to Merkel. She has said repeatedly that she is determined to save the Schengen system of border-free travel within the EU. The price would be to largely seal off the EU external border. The unpleasant scenes Merkel is determined to avoid at the German border would then unfold on the very fringes of Europe instead.

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Angela Merkel Changes her Stance on Refugee Limits