• Permanent Damage (I)

    Protests in France and Luxembourg against the closure of German borders, harassment by German federal police and anti-French chauvinism.

    BERLIN/PARIS/LUXEMBOURG (Own report) - Over the weekend, hundreds of French and Luxembourgian citizens have protested the ongoing closure of German borders. On March 16, the German government unilaterally reinstated strict border controls. Since then, German police have prevented more than 100,000 citizens of several neighboring countries from entering Germany. Berlin's measures have been causing considerable hardships also for French and Luxembourgian citizens, working in German factories and hospitals. They are also being regularly exposed to harassment by German border police and to a resurgence of old anti-French chauvinism in Germany. French commuters are increasingly being treated as "second-class EU citizens," notes a French senator. The former EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had warned that "Germany will cause permanent damage with the way it is treating some of its neighbors." Germany's crisis policy is also provoking protests in Southern and Eastern Europe. Read more

  • BRUXELLES (Eigener Bericht) Eine Mitgliedsorganisation der Parlamentarischen Gruppe der ,,Grünen"im Europa-Parlament verbreitet ein Kartenwerk, das das deutsche Territorialgebiet u.a. nach Frankreich, Italien, in die Niederlande und nach Österreich ausstülpt. Andere europäische Nationalstaaten werden auf der Karte, die das Signum des Europa-Parlaments trägt, mehrfach tranchiert, in regionale Einzelteile zerlegt oder verschwinden völlig (Belgien, Schweiz). Die englische Insel wird in 4 ,,Stammesgebiete"geteilt, das spanische Staatsgebiet um Galizien, das Baskenland und Katalonien verkleinert. Frankreich ist von seiner Mittelmeerküste abgeschnitten. Read more