{"id":13695,"date":"2017-11-02T17:13:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/german-greens-hit-back-at-fdp-over-migration-spat\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:13:43","slug":"german-greens-hit-back-at-fdp-over-migration-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/german-greens-hit-back-at-fdp-over-migration-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"German Greens hit back at FDP over migration spat"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The German Greens fired back at Christian Lindner\u2019s Free Democrats late Wednesday over the two parties\u2019 disagreement on migration, accusing the FDP leader of peddling \u201cpopulist platitudes\u201d and obstructing coalition talks.<\/p>\n<p>Simone Peter, co-chair of the Greens Party, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berliner-zeitung.de\/politik\/gruene-und-fdp-simone-peter-wirft-christian-lindner--populistische-plattitueden--vor-28752544\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Berliner Zeitung<\/a> that negotiations among the four potential coalition partners can\u2019t \u201cseriously move forward\u201d amid Lindner\u2019s comments on migration and refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Lindner, whose FDP takes a much harder line on migration issues than the Greens, earlier this week called the Greens\u2019 immigration plan \u2014 and in particular, their support for family reunification for refugees \u2014 a boon to the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe position of the Greens isn\u2019t supported by a majority of the population, and is a stimulus for the AfD,\u201d he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/inland\/christian-lindner\/lindner-interview-vorab-53722138.bild.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told Bild newspaper<\/a> Wednesday. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/christian-lindner-merkel-coalition-fdp-green-german-liberal-chief-lindner-says-chances-of-coalition-are-50-50\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">put the chances<\/a> of a successful coalition between the four parties \u2014 the FDP, Greens, and Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s CDU\/CSU alliance \u2014 at \u201c50-50.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks into coalition talks, migration remains one of the most contentious issues among the four parties, with a discussion last week yielding no agreement. Some of the thornier topics include whether there should be an upper limit to the number of refugees allowed into the country (the so-called <em>Obergrenze<\/em>),as well as the question of whether to allow spouses and children to join refugees already in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destatis.de\/EN\/PressServices\/Press\/pr\/2017\/11\/PE17_387_12521.html;jsessionid=13E7BB8803EA201A3F68C408A029C850.InternetLive2\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">According to new figures<\/a> out Thursday from the German government, 1.6 million people sought asylum in Germany in 2016, a 113 percent increase compared to 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly half of the asylum seekers registered in 2016 came from Syria (455,000), Afghanistan (191,000) and Iraq (156,000). Close to two-thirds are men, according to the data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/german-greens-hit-back-at-fdp-over-migration-spat\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"contfix\">\n<div id=\"contdto\">         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/> <\/p>\n<h4 id=\"contfixlink\">Politico<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Greens fired back at Christian Lindner\u2019s Free Dem..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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