{"id":80404,"date":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=80404"},"modified":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","slug":"former-merkel-minister-says-eu-could-close-external-borders-in-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/former-merkel-minister-says-eu-could-close-external-borders-in-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Merkel minister says EU could close external borders in 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Angela Merkel minister says the EU could close its external borders in just five years and suggests the bloc could even use &#8216;physical violence&#8217; to stop migrants<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>He said &#8216;anyone who is rescued in Med must be returned to North African coast&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former minister under Angela Merkel has said that the EU could eventually close its external borders in as little as &#8216;five years&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about migration on ThePioneer podcast, former German health minister Jens Spahn demanded that &#8216;anyone who is rescued in the Mediterranean must be returned to the North African coast.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The deputy chairman of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) went on to say that the closure of EU borders &#8216;will happen&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;The border will be closed sooner or later. Whether in five or 15 years, I cannot tell you. But it will happen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Immigration has been an urgent political crisis in Germany after millions of Middle Eastern refugees migrated there in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/01\/76962591-12668831-image-a-75_1698192539068.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about migration on ThePioneer podcast, former German health minister Jens Spahn (pictured) demanded that &#8216;anyone who is rescued in the Mediterranean must be returned to the North African coast&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/01\/76962189-12668831-image-a-65_1698192073548.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spain was a minister under Angela Merkel and has said that the EU could eventually close its external borders in as little as &#8216;five years&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/01\/76962529-12668831-image-a-66_1698192292996.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Immigration has been an urgent political crisis in Germany after millions of Middle Eastern refugees migrated there in 2015 (Pictured: Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean earlier this month)<\/p>\n<p>Mr Spahn said: &#8216;The key question is not repatriation, but limiting irregular migration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If we talk about illegal migration, logically the number should be zero, because it&#8217;s illegal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He has, however, received backlash for suggesting violence is used to stop illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the podcast, he said that if necessary the EU must &#8216;use physical violence to stop irregular migration movements&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Clara Anne Buerger, the Left wing MP, said: &#8216;Jens Spahn now wants gangs of thugs to beat back people seeking protection at the borders&#8230; This is clearly illegal and potentially criminal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12668831\/Former-Angela-Merkel-minister-says-EU-close-external-borders-just-five-years-suggests-bloc-use-physical-violence-stop-migrants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Angela Merkel minister says the EU could close its external borders in just five years and suggests the bloc could even use &#8216;physical violence&#8217; to stop migrants He said &#8216;anyone who is rescued in Med must be returned to North African coast&#8217; A former minister under Angela Merkel has said that the EU could&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Merkel minister says EU could close external borders in 5 years - posterboyedit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/former-merkel-minister-says-eu-could-close-external-borders-in-5-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Merkel minister says EU could close external borders in 5 years - posterboyedit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Angela Merkel minister says the EU could close its external borders in just five years and suggests the bloc could even use &#8216;physical violence&#8217; 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