Germany offered a lukewarm support to Greece and the dangerous situation at its border with Turkey, however, neither did it condemn Turkey nor did it say it sees a violation of the EU-Turkey deal of 2016.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday it was “unacceptable” for Turkey to pressure the EU “on the backs of refugees” as thousands, some fleeing fighting in northern Syria, sought to enter the bloc.
“I find it completely unacceptable that… President Erdogan and his government did not bring their dissatisfaction to us at the EU, but instead duked it out on the backs of refugees,” Merkel told a Berlin press conference, while acknowledging the “additional burden” on Turkey.
“For me the option is that we talk to Turkey so that we get back to the situation we had before, namely that Turkey fulfills its obligations with our support, even as the burden has grown,” Merkel said.
Angeka Merkel is one of the few European leaders in favor of bowing to Erdogan’s blackmail and pour more money in the country, media in Brussels reported over the weekend.
Merkel’s government spokesman Steffen Seibert said also on Monday that Berlin was fully aware that Greece was currently facing a difficult and demanding situation, he added.
According to news agency amna, Seibert also made it clear that the situation now unfolding on Greece’s border “is not in the spirit of the EU-Turkey Agreement on migration,” and said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had again spoken with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the phone over the weekend.
“What we are seeing at this time is a situation that is certainly not in the spirit of the Agreement. But neither have we heard of any termination of the Agreement. We consider that the Agreement is being implemented and, wherever there is dissatisfaction on the Turkish side… we must discuss this,” Seibert noted.
The spokesperson said a situation had arisen where refugees and migrants were being told on the Turkish side that the road to the EU was open when it was clearly not. “This leads these people – men, women and children – to an extremely difficult situation and also brings Greece face to face with major challenges,” he added.
The German federal government was fully aware of all this, said Seibert, but Berlin remained convinced of the value of the EU-Turkey Statement and expected that it will be upheld. “The situation that now presents itself on the borders is a situation that we must overcome and this will be possible through discussion. For this reason, it would be good if the European leadership strives to soon begin talks,” he said.
Seibert called for a return to the aims of the Agreement, noting that the German side was ready and expected others to also uphold the Agreement.
Berlin does not consider that the EU is failing to hold up its end of the bargain, he clarified.
Commenting on the events on the Greek border, Seibert said that a way needed to be found in order to stabilize the situation once again and that this could only happen through talks.
“Only this will help the people because the situation as it now appears, so greatly escalated, is at the expense of the people,” he added.
German malakies. Rather like the eurozone shit, done to benefit Germany and harm Greece.
Germany expects others to uphold their Agreement while it is Germany who promised a welcome to refugees in the first place and encouraged the mass migration mindlessly, then appears to forget their promise and offloaded it onto Greece, Italy and whoever they could, Greece bearing the greatest burden on top of heavy and unfair debt. Reparation and accountability needed a.s.a.p.