Angela Merkel, the invisible European Tags:Europe 2 comments >In the summer of 2015 Angela Merkel suspended the eu’s asylum rules and allowed 1m people into Germany, in the most controversial decision of her tenure. Wrong, right off the bat, and goes downhill from there. Btw, for anyone wondering Germany couldn’t send anyone back anyone to Greece or Hungary by order of the court, Hungary and Austria essentially started ignoring Dublin altogether, and “Wir schaffen das” was essentially he kick-off of the quota system. [More here](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/4au611/chancellor_merkels_invitation_in_the_refugee/). Geopolitically wise she made big errors. It was more about pleasing and not making people angry imo. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
>In the summer of 2015 Angela Merkel suspended the eu’s asylum rules and allowed 1m people into Germany, in the most controversial decision of her tenure. Wrong, right off the bat, and goes downhill from there. Btw, for anyone wondering Germany couldn’t send anyone back anyone to Greece or Hungary by order of the court, Hungary and Austria essentially started ignoring Dublin altogether, and “Wir schaffen das” was essentially he kick-off of the quota system. [More here](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/4au611/chancellor_merkels_invitation_in_the_refugee/).
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>In the summer of 2015 Angela Merkel suspended the eu’s asylum rules and allowed 1m people into Germany, in the most controversial decision of her tenure.
Wrong, right off the bat, and goes downhill from there.
Btw, for anyone wondering Germany couldn’t send anyone back anyone to Greece or Hungary by order of the court, Hungary and Austria essentially started ignoring Dublin altogether, and “Wir schaffen das” was essentially he kick-off of the quota system. [More here](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/4au611/chancellor_merkels_invitation_in_the_refugee/).
Geopolitically wise she made big errors. It was more about pleasing and not making people angry imo.