Why Germany sends more police officers to the borders – Diepresse.com
The new government in Berlin exacerbates its border regime and thus annoys its neighbors. Chancellor Merz urgently has to show success – symbolism also helps him.
It was one of the most important promises that Friedrich Merz ((CDU) in the election campaign: If he becomes Chancellor, he will instruct his interior minister on the first day of his term of office to reject illegal attempts to enter the German state borders without exception.
After the delayed handover of the office – Merz failed in the Bundestag in the first ballot on Tuesday – Germany’s new interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt ((CSU), his ministry only on Wednesday by his predecessor, Nancy Faeser ((SPD), taken over. The lost hours apparently also delayed the big serve that the Bayer Right by day one after his inauguration: As the first official act, Dobrindt ordered a tightening of the border controls on Wednesday afternoon with immediate effect. All migrants should be prevented from the illegal entry. So far, third -country nationals without a residence permit had to be allowed to enter if they asked for asylum.
