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The sealing off of the Balkan route benefited Germany, says German Chancellor Merkel
Despite the negative election results on ‘Super Sunday’ in 3 major German provinces by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the CDU and the rise of the anti-immigrant right party AFD, the Chancellor’s spokesperson, Steffen Seibert said Monday the open immigration policy adopted by the German government would continue.
EC Takes Note of Bulgaria's Demand to Avert Re-routing of Migrant Flow from Turkey - BNR
The European Commission has stopped short of supporting explicitly Bulgaria's request for guarantees for the security of the country's border with Turkey in a deal on migration between the EU and Ankara expected to be finalized at the end of the week, public radio broadcaster BNR reported on Monday.
EC Prez. Juncker says EU must help Greece with refuge crisis
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker was clear that the exterior borders of the EU were not national borders of one country, while stressed that the EU should help Greece in dealing with the refugee crisis in an interview to RTL TV in Luxembourg. Juncker defended the political decisions of German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying she was right.
Merkel calls Turkey's Davuto?lu to discuss upcoming EU summit
As her party braced for a backlash at key state polls on March 13 over her liberal refugee policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged views with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on an upcoming special summit between Ankara and the EU aimed at sealing a deal to stem illegal migrant flows from Turkey to Europe.