Merkel describes multiculturalism as 'a living lie'

Angela Merkel describes multiculturalism as 'a living lie' as she promises to 'significantly reduce' the number of migrants entering Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party faithful Germany would be 'overwhelmed in the long run' unless the numbers of refugees entering the country were significantly reduced

• Angela Merkel faces plunging poll numbers and rising violence in Germany
• But she launched a passionate defence of her migrant open door policy
• The German Chancellor promised to reduce numbers entering the country
• If they were not she warned the country would eventually be 'overwhelmed'
• The 61-year-old also described the concept of multiculturalism as a 'lie'
• See more on the migrant crisis at www.dailymail.co.uk/migrantcrisis

Angela Merkel yesterday described the concept of multiculturalism as 'living a lie' and finally admitted it was time to end the relentless flow of refugees into Europe.

The German Chancellor confessed her country would be ‘overwhelmed’ unless she took action as the number of asylum-seekers arriving there this year topped one million.

Since she dramatically opened Germany’s doors to refugees in August, the continent has been besieged with hundreds of thousands of people wanting to get there.

But ahead of an EU summit on Thursday, she restated her long-term opposition to multi-culturalism, saying: ‘Multi-kulti leads to parallel societies and is a living lie. Integration is the opposite.’

‘We want to, and we will, noticeably reduce the number of refugees,’ she told the conference in Karlsruhe. ‘With an approach focused on the German, European and global level, we will succeed in regulating and limiting migration.’

Mrs Merkel attempted to defend her August decision, which drew hundreds of thousands to Europe, claiming it was a ‘humanitarian imperative’. She appealed to the party’s sense of history, saying that the same strength that allowed it ‘to rebuild from the rubble of the war to create the economic miracle, and to go from division to a reunified country’ would get Germany through the crisis.

She said she was banking on a multi-pronged approach to cut migrant numbers, urging bolstered protection for the bloc’s external borders, support for Turkey to host refugees long-term and a long-shot bid for a distribution scheme among EU member states.


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