Merkel’s refugee policy faces tough opposition from Visegrad countries and AustriaAt yesterday’s joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said, “We cannot endorse a system that calls for mandatory quotas to distribute refugees.” Merkel conceded that “there are diverging views on how to distribute migrants across the EU, but on many other issues opinions converge,” adding, “I think we remain in discussions.”
Ahead of Merkel’s visit to Poland today, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski criticised German foreign policy as being too “selfish”, citing migration policy as one of the examples. He said, “Not everyone in …read more
Source: Open Europe
