The German government has denied a media report claiming that the newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz had declared a state of national emergency in a bid to ramp up border controls.
A spokesperson for the government cleared the rumours on Thursday, assuring the public that the special Brussels clause, Article 72 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, has not been triggered.
So, “Die Welt” sucks. Maybe it used to be a newspaper as serious as the title suggests, but now it’s just for idiots who think they’re above BILD.
There is, however invented, a bit of truth in the article:
There is a cookie jar called Trumpism. And some (European) politians simply cannot resist sticking their fingers in it.
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Für mich war’s damals Die Zeit - hat mir mein erzkonservativer Vater ein Abo geschenkt in einem seltenen Anflug von politischer Toleranz.