i have decided and the party leaders agree with me that at that point it will be necessary to turn away refugees at all borders. and joining me tonight here at the big table is julian lehmann he is from the global public policy institute think tank he has advised the german foreign office on migration policies and right next to me our very own political correspondent simon young gentlemen welcome to the show simon let me start with you is there any reason to think that merkel can do in two weeks what she has been able to do the past three years well i don t see that i see that the timetable that she s been set by her very and conservative friend us as it wants a baby has a hope of two weeks to get real movement on the migrant question he wants to see you know the way forward for resolving this european level if that doesn t happen he says he s going to take action have his police sending turning people back at
and chancellor merkel and the migration policy that she stands for. well that is nothing new really i mean even during his election campaign he painted under machall as his personal bogeyman when it comes to immigration he claimed that he had and that she has ruined germany and that germany was a catastrophe has also mentioned other countries belgium france sweden where life is terrible because of immigrants and terrorists according to donald trump but angela mack and germany in particular have been his obsession both as economic competitors to the united states but also as a failed example of a wrong headed it s immigration policy as he sees it all right carson stand by we ll talk with you again in just a moment it is not migration in europe but rather in the u.s. that is drawing condemnation tonight you win is calling the trumpet ministrations
miracle has been able to find common ground in the european union on how to deal with migration in fact the issue has polarized politics like never before we saw proof of that today in real time when chancellor i m going to americal accepted it all to made him with a deadline of july first by then merkel will have performed a political miracle in europe or she herself could be headed for the history books . we believe that uncoordinated rejection of asylum seekers at our borders in the heart of europe could lead to a negative domino effect at germany s expense in these things will not happen automatically we in the c.d.u. believe it is important that we first discussed the situation amongst ourselves and only after that will be enter into discussions with the c.s.u. . when it s been you know workable decision is made
a small german town and the politics of an entire nation. and then that s become a microcosm of germany s internal division taking in there around the country and fueling the call the rise at its roots against microsoft. or we begin the day with america s mission impossible how to deliver in two weeks what no political leader has been able to do in three years it was the summer of two thousand and fifteen when an unprecedented influx of migrants into europe began and it coincided with the german chancellor s controversial open door policy since then no one not even merrill has been able to find common ground in the european union on how to deal with migration in fact the issue has polarized politics like never before we saw proof of that today in real time when chancellor i m going to americal accepted it all to made him with a deadline of july first by then merkel will have performed
you. know workable decision is made i have decided and the party leaders agree with me that at that point it will be necessary to turn away refugees at all borders. and joining me tonight here at the big table is julian lehmann he is from the global public policy institute a think tank he has advised the german foreign office on migration policies and right next to me our very own political correspondent simon young gentleman welcome to the show simon let me start with you is there any reason to think that merkel can do in two weeks what she has been able to do the past three years well i don t see that i see that the timetable that she s been set by her very and conservative friend as as it wants a baby has a hope of two weeks to get real movement on the migrant question he wants to see