The interview was taped on the sidelines of the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin this week. Herr Merz expressed "concern" that riots in France and Italy could spill over into das Vaterland and other EU nations.
When the Bloomberg interviewer dared to inquire as to the reasons for the unrest seen in cities like Paris and Milan, which have seen thousands of arrests, widespread looting, and arson attacks, Chancellor Merz admitted that it is "most likely" the result of "non-integrated people" [Love that phrase! Kind of like "unhoused people"! Ed.] due too... errr... "migration".
He said this was leading pissed-off native Europeans to vote for "extremely right [read: Alternativ für Deutschland] and extremely left" political parties, thereby creating "tensions and obviously riots in some countries, including France."
Walt says the only reason there have been no major riots in Germany yet is the Germanic tendency to wait until permission has been given, organizations put in place and jackboots issued. But I digress...
Fred's admission that mass migration and the failed attempts at assimilation are not only radicalising the host populations, but also responsible for violent civil unrest is pretty rich, coming from the leader of the same party -- the Christian Democratic Union -- whose previous leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, opened the floodgates, thus starting the European Migrant Crisis of 2015, giving impetus to the Great Replacement which appears now to be unstoppable.
While Herr Merz campaigned in the last federal election on clamping down on immigration, he largely abandoned this position after forming a coalition with the left-wing, pro-open-borders Social Democrats rather than partnering with the anti-mass-migration AfD, which he regards as beyond the pale of political acceptability.
Chancellor Merz has frequently defended the need for continued mass migration into Germany and Europe as a hole [misspelling intentional. Walt], claiming that more waves of foreigners are required due to supposed shortages in the labour market and to mitigate the demographic impacts of an ageing population. Just last May he declared, "Germany is a country of immigration. It has always been so; it is so now; and it will remain so."
All the same, in the Bloomberg interview, he admitted that Germany and Europe feel a sense of "uncertainty" and "anxiousness", saying people are concerned about rising energy costs, inflation, and housing costs. "People are really fearing what is next and what comes in our future, and how can we establish our future for our kids and for our grandchildren?"
He said that with a straight face while failing to acknowledge that mass immigration exacerbated many of the issues he listed, straining the housing supply, while studies have consistently found that increased diversity lowers social trust. Breitbart News reported in April that recent police data found that migrants accounted for 42.9% per cent of all violent crime suspects in Germany. How much longer Chancellor Merz can pretend there is no connection is anybody's guess.
Recommended reading: "Protest Leaders Remind Rioters To Take Breaks To Pray Toward Mecca", Babylon Bee (of course!), 21/10/26.
